Andrew Jones + 

“I hate that Andrew Jones: he’ll breed + 

His children up to waste and pillage. + 

I wish the press-gang or the drum + 

With its tantara sound, would come + 

And sweep him from the village!” + 

I said not this, because he loves + 

Through the long day to swear and tipple; + 

But for the poor dear sake of one + 

To whom a foul deed he had done, + 

A friendless Man, a travelling Cripple. + 

For this poor crawling helpless wretch + 

Some Horseman who was passing by + 

A penny on the ground had thrown; + 

But the poor Cripple was alone, + 

And could not stoop⁠—no help was nigh. + 

Inch-thick the dust lay on the ground, + 

For it had long been droughty weather: + 

So with his staff the Cripple wrought + 

Among the dust till he had brought + 

The halfpennies together. + 

It chanced that Andrew passed that way + 

Just at that time; and there he found + 

The Cripple in the mid-day heat + 

Standing alone, and at his feet + 

He saw the penny on the ground. + 

He stooped and took the penny up: + 

And when the Cripple nearer drew, + 

Quoth Andrew, “Under half-a-crown, + 

What a man finds is all his own, + 

And so, my friend, good day to you.” + 

And hence I said, that Andrew’s boys + 

Will all be trained to waste and pillage; + 

And wished the press-gang, or the drum + 

With its tantara sound, would come + 

And sweep him from the village! + 