OR WALTONIAN CHRONICLE. 17 



THE GUDGEON. 



SONG GABRIEL GUDGEON. 



(TUNE.) " Soldier gave me one pound." 



1. 



Gabriel Gudgeon was a fisherman, 

 Some people called him flat 

 When he declared he lik'd to catch 

 Roach and Dace and that. 

 One day he went to Twickenham, 

 Thro* Brentford was his route, 

 With Titus Ticklehat he took 

 A punt to fix it out. 



You may think you have a real friend, 



In summer's sunny hour, 



But if you'd prove him to the end, 



Just try him in a show'r. 



2. 



Their system was economy, 



I mean not to affront, 



But Anglers are but simpletons 



In managing a punt. 



And so it proved ; for many hours 



They toiled, tho' hot the sun, 



