Lucy Locket

Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
Kitty Fisher found it;
Not a penny was there in it,
Only ribbon ’round it.

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  • Bibalu says:
    February 5, 2009 at 3:59 AM

    Lucy Locket was a barmaid at the Cock, in Fleet Street, London, sometime in the 1700s. Lucy discarded one of her lovers (her ‘pocket’) when she had run through all his money. Kitty Fisher, a noted courtesan, took up with him, even though he had no money. It also taunts Lucy Locket because a “pocket” was what prostitutes kept their money in and would tie to their thigh with a ribbon.
    (from Wikipedia)

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