The Blue Lion, or The Undoing Of Scamping Ned

from A Cold Cup Of Tea And A Howl Of Despair by Paul Carbuncle

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Near to a lane in a place of fame
Fine fun you may rely on
With ale as fine as any wine
I mean the old Blue Lion
Where Poll and Sue with bonnets blue
To see each night rely on
They’ll cut a dash and hear the flash
Thrown off at the Blue, off at the Blue Lion

From Spitalfields leave looms and reels
See Spinning Jenny, come, sir
To blade it there with flaunting air
She’s togged out very rum, sir
From head so high her streamers fly
Though scarce a bed to lie on
You her will see so full of glee
Stuck up at the Blue, up at the Blue Lion

So come away without delay
Where fun you may rely on
Such songs, such gigs, such flashy rigs
Each night at the Blue Lion

Lads of all trades, such flashy blades
Each night to this place going
With natty gig, strut, look so big
And fix upon a blowing
There’s Powder Puff, he’s shaved enough
His neckcloth smart will tie on
Laced waistcoat too with stockings blue
The swell of the Blue, swell of the Blue Lion

There’s Scamping Ned who without dread
On Finchley takes the air, sir
With female friends his booty spends
To this place they repair, sir
When cash grows short he must resort
To scamp all he comes nigh on
He cuts a swell then rings the bell
For wine at the Blue, wine at the Blue Lion

So come away without delay
Where fun you may rely on
Such songs, such gigs, such flashy rigs
Each night at the Blue Lion

Into his room the traps they come
There’s no-one then can bail him
To Newgate sent, there to repent
His courage it doth fail him
Without delay must garnish pay
The darbies too they try on
He with a sigh bids a good-bye
To all at the Blue, all at the Blue Lion

Now Newgate’s bell his fate does tell
Alas, it is a pity
There is not such a lad as he
Now left in all the city
Upon the scaffold he doth come
The twist they then do tie on
The trap doth fall - adieu to all
Flash pals of the Blue, pals of the Blue Lion

So come away without delay
Where fun you may rely on
Such songs, such gigs, such flashy rigs
Each night at the Blue Lion
Each night at the Blue Lion

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from A Cold Cup Of Tea And A Howl Of Despair, released February 21, 2018
Tune by Paul Carbuncle. Lyrics traditional.

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