William Harrison Ainsworth

Oliver Whiddles!

Oliver whiddles – the tattler old! 
Telling what best hud been left untold. 
Oliver ne’er was a friend of mine;
All glims I hate that so brightly shine. 
Give me a night black as hell, and then 
See what I’ll show to you, my merry men,

Oliver whiddles! – who cares – who cares, 
If down upon us he peers and stares? 
Mind him who will, with his great white face, 
Boldly I’ll ride by his glim to the chase; 
Give him a Rowland, and loudly as ever 
Shout, as I show myself, “Stand and deliver!”