Poem in 1871 volume Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets by Edward Lear (3,8)
I believe the answer is:
the jumblies
(Another definition for the jumblies that I've seen is " Seive sailors (Lear)".)
I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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