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Something Like Nonsense Verses
Fun, I - 10th & 24th June 1865
1. — THE HIGHLAND JEW
| I saw a red-haired Jew from Aberdeen, | |
| In a gaberdine, At the Tabard Inn, |
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| He wore a sword which was its scabbard in, | |
| On a Wednesday! | |
2. — THE PIOUS Q.C.
| I saw MR. BIG BEN DENISON, | |
| Ask a benison On some venison, |
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| Which he bought of ALFRED TENNYSON, | |
| On a Wednesday. | |
3. — THE GREEK MAIDEN
| I beg to state I love a yaller miss, | |
| Born at Salamis, And this gal, or miss, |
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| Bound to meet me down at Balham is, | |
| Every Wednesday! | |
4. — THE WORTHY INDEPENDENT MINISTER
| A worthy Independent minister, | |
| Born at Finisterre, Turning sinister, |
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| Smothered his wife with fumes of kinaster | |
| On a Wednesday! | |
5. — THE UNHAPPY MARRIAGE
| Once I married a cook from charity, | |
| But disparity, And hair carrotty, |
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| Made me treat her with barbarity | |
| Every Wednesday! | |
6. — THE SENSATION OPERA TROUPE
| I know a man who's going to offer GYE | |
| Anthropophagi (Or androphagi), |
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| Who will sing with French hippophagi | |
| Every Wednesday! | |
7. — THE UNFORTUNATE REVELLERS
| Tipsy gents, the type of snobbery, | |
| Drunk and slobbery, Make a bobbery, |
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| And the victims are of robbery | |
| Every Wednesday. | |
8. — THE JEALOUS DANCER
| As I waltzed with JANE deliciously, | |
| JONES officiously, Injudiciously, |
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| Bumped against us both most viciously, | |
| On a Wednesday. | |
9. — THE POLITE STUDENT
| A civil student at my college (he | |
| Learns horology And conchology) |
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| Offers me a full apology | |
| Every Wednesday. | |
10. — THE UNDIGNIFIED NOBLEMAN
| I know a nobleman whose publicity | |
| And complicity In mendicity |
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| Is a fact of authenticity | |
| Every Wednesday. | |
11. — THE ABSURD CHANCELLOR
| Once a chancellor of acidity | |
| And timidity, With rapidity |
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| Used to sing out "Rum ti iddy ti!" | |
| Every Wednesday. | |
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