Now David Pryce Had one darling vice; Remarkably partial to anything nice, Nought that was good to him came amiss, Whether to eat, or to drink, or to kiss! Especially ale If it was not too stale We really believe he'd have emptied a pail Not that in Wales They talk of their Ales To pronounce the word they make use of might trouble you, Being spelt with a C, two Rs, and a W.
Thomas Ingoldsby was the pen-name of the Rev. Richard Harris Barham. Barham was an English cleric of the Church of England, novelist, and humorous poet. His Life and Letters and a miscellany of his poems, The Ingoldsby Lyrics, were posthumously edited by his son Richard Harris Dalton Barham.