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;Pish� ─�proudly sneered his GENERAL JOHN�察�And he also said ;Ho� �ho� ─�
;My GENERAL JOHN� �my GENERAL JOHN� �My GENERAL
JOHN� ─�quoth he�察 �This aristocratical sneer upon Your face I blush to see� �
;No truly great or generous cove Deserving of them names�察 �Would
sneer at a fixed idea that's drove In the mind of a PRIVATE JAMES� ─�
Said GENERAL JOHN�察 �Upon your claims No need your breath to
waste�察�If this is a joke�察�FULL´PRIVATE JAMES�察�It's a joke of doubtful
taste。
;But�察�being a man of doubtless worth�察�If you feel certain quite That we
were probably changed at birth�察�I'll venture to say you're right。;
So GENERAL JOHN as PRIVATE JAMES Fell in�察�parade upon�察�And
PRIVATE JAMES�察�by change of names�察�Was MAJOR´GENERAL JOHN。
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Ballad�此�To A Little Maid ´ By A
Policeman
Come with me�察�little maid�察�Nay�察�shrink not�察�thus afraid ´ I'll harm thee
not� �Fly not�察 �my love�察 �from me ´ I have a home for thee ´ A fairy grot�察�
Where mortal eye Can rarely pry�察�There shall thy dwelling be� �
List to me�察�while I tell The pleasures of that cell�察�Oh�察�little maid� �What
though its couch be rude�察 �Homely the only food Within its shade�拭 �No
thought of care Can enter there�察�No vulgar swain intrude� �
Come with me�察 �little maid�察 �Come to the rocky shade I love to sing�察�
Live with us�察�maiden rare ´ Come�察�for we ;want; thee there�察�Thou elfin
thing�察�To work thy spell�察�In some cool cell In stately Pentonville� �
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Ballad�此�John And Freddy
JOHN courted lovely MARY ANN�察 �So likewise did his brother�察�
FREDDY。 FRED was a very soft young man�察�While JOHN�察�though quick�察�
was most unsteady。
FRED was a graceful kind of youth�察 �But JOHN was very much the
strongest。 ;Oh�察�dance away�察─�said she�察 �in truth�察�I'll marry him who dances
longest。;
JOHN tries the maiden's taste to strike With gay�察�grotesque�察�outrageous
dresses�察 �And dances comically�察 �like CLODOCHE AND Co。�察 �at the
Princess's。
But FREDDY tries another style�察�He knows some graceful steps and
does 'em ´ A breathing Poem ´ Woman's smile ´ A man all poesy and
buzzem。
Now FREDDY'S operatic PAS ´ Now JOHNNY'S hornpipe seems
entrapping�此�Now FREDDY'S graceful ENTRECHATS ´ Now JOHNNY'S
skilful ;cellar´flapping。;
For many hours ´ for many days ´ For many weeks performed each
brother�察 �For each was active in his ways�察�And neither would give in to
t'other。
After a month of this�察 �they say ��The maid was getting bored and
moody�� A wandering curate passed that way And talked a lot of goody´
goody。
;Oh my�察─ �said he�察 �with solemn frown�察 �I tremble for each dancing
FRATER�察�Like unregenerated clown And harlequin at some the´ayter。;
He showed that men�察�in dancing�察�do Both impiously and absurdly�察�And
proved his proposition true�察�With Firstly�察�Secondly�察�and Thirdly。
For months both JOHN and FREDDY danced�察 �The curate's protests
little heeding�察�For months the curate's words enhanced The sinfulness of
their proceeding。
At length they bowed to Nature's rule ´ Their steps grew feeble and
unsteady�察�Till FREDDY fainted on a stool�察�And JOHNNY on the top of
FREDDY。
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;Decide� ─�quoth they�察 �let him be named�察�Who henceforth as his wife
may rank you。; ;I've changed my views�察─�the maiden said�察 �I only marry
curates�察�thank you� ─�
Says FREDDY�察 �Here is goings on� �To bust myself with rage I'm
ready。; ;I'll be a curate� ─ �whispers JOHN ´ ;And I�察─ �exclaimed poetic
FREDDY。
But while they read for it�察�these chaps�察�The curate booked the maiden
bonny ´ And when she's buried him�察�perhaps�察�She'll marry FREDERICK
or JOHNNY。
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Ballad�此�Sir Guy The Crusader
Sir GUY was a doughty crusader�察�A muscular knight�察 �Ever ready to
fight�察�A very determined invader�察�And DICKEY DE LION'S delight。
LENORE was a Saracen maiden�察�Brunette�察�statuesque�察�The reverse of
grotesque�察 �Her pa was a bagman from Aden�察 �Her mother she played in
burlesque。
A CORYPHEE�察�pretty and loyal�察�In amber and red The ballet she led�察�
Her mother performed at the Royal�察�LENORE at the Saracen's Head。
Of face and of figure majestic�察�She dazzled the cits ´ Ecstaticised pits�察�
´ Her troubles were only domestic�察�But drove her half out of her wits。
Her father incessantly lashed her�察 �On water and bread She was
grudgingly fed�察�Whenever her father he thrashed her Her mother sat down
on her head。
GUY saw her�察�and loved her�察�with reason�察�For beauty so bright Sent
him mad with delight�察�He purchased a stall for the season�察�And sat in it
every night。
His views were exceedingly proper�察�He wanted to wed�察�So he called at
her shed And saw her progenitor whop her ´ Her mother sit down on her
head。
;So pretty�察─ �said he�察 �and so trusting� �You brute of a dad�察 �You
unprincipled cad�察 �Your conduct is really disgusting�察 �Come�察 �come�察 �now
admit it's too bad� �
;You're a turbaned old Turk�察�and malignant ´ Your daughter LENORE
I intensely adore�察�And I cannot help feeling indignant�察�A fact that I hinted
before�察�
;To see a fond father employing A deuce of a knout For to bang her
about�察�To a sensitive lover's annoying。; Said the bagman�察 �Crusader�察�get
out。;
Says GUY�察 �Shall a warrior laden With a big spiky knob�察�Sit in peace
on his cob While a beautiful Saracen maiden Is whipped by a Saracen
snob�拭�
;To London I'll go from my charmer。; Which he did�察 �with his loot
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��Seven hats and a flute���察�And was nabbed for his Sydenham armour At MR。
BEN´SAMUEL'S suit。
SIR GUY he was lodged in the Compter�察�Her pa�察�in a rage�察�Died ��don't
know his age���察�His daughter�察�she married the prompter�察�Grew bulky and
quitted the stage。
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Ballad�此�Haunted
Haunted�拭 �Ay�察�in a social way By a body of ghosts in dread array�察�But
no conventional spectres they ´ Appalling�察�grim�察�and tricky�此�I quail at mine
as I'd never quail At a fine traditional spectre pale�察�With a turnip head and
a ghostly wail�察�And a splash of blood on the dickey� �
Mine are horrible�察�social ghosts�察 � Speeches and women and guests and
hosts�察�Weddings and morning calls and toasts�察�In every bad variety�此�Ghosts
who hover about the grave Of all that's manly�察�free�察�and brave�此�You'll find
their names on the architrave Of that charnel´house�察�Society。
Black Monday ´ black as its school´room ink ´ With its dismal boys
that snivel and think Of its nauseous messes to eat and drink�察 �And its
frozen tank to wash in。 That was the first that brought me grief�察�And made
me weep�察 �till I sought relief In an emblematical handkerchief�察�To choke
such baby bosh in。
First and worst in the grim array´ Ghosts of ghosts that have gone their
way�察 �Which I wouldn't revive for a single day For all the wealth of
PLUTUS ´ Are the horrible ghosts that school´days scared�此�If the classical
ghost that BRUTUS dared Was the ghost of his ;Caesar; unprepared�察�I'm
sure I pity BRUTUS。
I pass to critical seventeen�察�The ghost of that terrible wedding scene�察�
When an elderly Colonel stole my Queen�察�And woke my dream of heaven。
No schoolgirl decked in her nurse´room curls Was my gushing innocent
Queen of Pearls�察�If she wasn't a girl of a thousand girls�察�She was one of
forty´seven� �
I see the ghost of my first cigar�察�Of the thence´arising family jar ´ Of
my maiden brief ��I was at the Bar�察�And I called the Judge ;Your wushup� ┌�
Of reckless days and reckless nights�察 �With wrenched´off knockers�察�
extinguished lights�察�Unholy songs and tipsy fights�察�Which I strove in vain
to hush up。
Ghosts of fraudulent joint´stock banks�察�Ghosts of ;copy�察�declined with
thanks�察─�Of novels returned in endless ranks�察�And thousands more�察�I suffer。
The only line to fitly grace My humble tomb�察�when I've run my race�察�Is�察�
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;Reader�察�this is the resting´place Of an unsuccessful duffer。;
I've fought them all�察�these ghosts of mine�察�But the weapons I've used
are sighs and brine�察�And now that I'm nearly forty´nine�察 �Old age is my
chiefest bogy�察�For my hair is thinning away at the crown�察�And the silver
fights with the worn´out brown�察�And a general verdict sets me down As an
irreclaimable fogy。
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