*For my crazy-beautiful lulubelles/boozelab/alak pa friends*
A Drunken Musing peppered with bits of Victorian Slang
oh my bonny winkles, my sweet toffs!
off your cribs and on your gallies
no time to cagg, come be lush
raise your toosh off the doss
hasten to the bubbling night, no time to blush
pocket a finny to buy us some scran,
some mecks or some shandy gaff
no room for square-rigged moochers
but plenty of laughs for a slang cove in whistle and flute
glocky kanurds, chaunting and ran-tan
so hearken hearken
oh my bonny winkles, my sweet toffs!
no hush, oh slush,
Out-dance the sunlight blithe!
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Here's a line by line translation:
oh my beautiful girls and boys
get out of your house, put on your boots
no time to abstain from alcohol, come be the spirit of alcohol
get your ass off its resting place
hasten to the bubbling night, no time to blush *(i didn't need to translate that right?)*
pocket some money to buy us some food
some wine, some beer & gin
no room for square/proper behavior
but plenty of laughs for funny showmen in suits,
half-witted drunks, loudly singing, roaring drunks
so hear me hear me,
oh my beautiful girls and boys,
no to silence, oh icy silence
Let's out-dance even the cheerful sun!
