'Oranges' & 'Lemons'

warnings and whatnot

'Oranges and lemons!'
Yelled a girl in St Clements.
'Hay-roll for half pence!'
Yelled a whore in St Margaret's.
'Come jump my stile,'
Called a man in St Giles.
'Half pence and farthings!'
Said a boy in St Martins.
'Come dunk YOUR apple!'
Smiled a girl of Whitechapel.
'Maids in short aprons,'
Were the words of St Katherine's.
'Tall heels, it's wrong...'
Said the bells of St John.
Fluttering fans,
Outside of St Anne's.
'Oi! Father Baldpate!'
Yelled a vender of Aldgate.
'You owe me ten shillings!'
Yelled a wench of St Helen's.
'When will you lay me?'
Whispered crude old St Bailey...
'Marry me, we'll get rich!'
Said the bells of Shoreditch.
'Come here and make me...'
Lured the girl of Stepney.
'Put on a show,'
Flirted sweet young St Bow.
Man up and go down,
To the bells of London town.