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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, |
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In a gaberdine,
At the Tabard Inn, |
| He wore a sword which was its scabbard in, |
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On a Wednesday! |
2. — THE PIOUS Q.C.
| I saw MR. BIG BEN DENISON, |
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Ask a benison
On some venison, |
| Which he bought of ALFRED TENNYSON, |
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On a Wednesday. |
3. — THE GREEK MAIDEN
| I beg to state I love a yaller miss, |
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Born at Salamis,
And this gal, or miss, |
| Bound to meet me down at Balham is, |
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Every Wednesday! |
4. — THE WORTHY INDEPENDENT MINISTER
| A worthy Independent minister, |
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Born at Finisterre,
Turning sinister, |
| Smothered his wife with fumes of kinaster |
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On a Wednesday! |
5. — THE UNHAPPY MARRIAGE
| Once I married a cook from charity, |
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But disparity,
And hair carrotty, |
| Made me treat her with barbarity |
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Every Wednesday! |
6. — THE SENSATION OPERA TROUPE
| I know a man who's going to offer GYE |
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Anthropophagi
(Or androphagi), |
| Who will sing with French hippophagi |
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Every Wednesday! |
7. — THE UNFORTUNATE REVELLERS
| Tipsy gents, the type of snobbery, |
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Drunk and slobbery,
Make a bobbery, |
| And the victims are of robbery |
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Every Wednesday. |
8. — THE JEALOUS DANCER
| As I waltzed with JANE deliciously, |
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JONES officiously,
Injudiciously, |
| Bumped against us both most viciously, |
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On a Wednesday. |
9. — THE POLITE STUDENT
| A civil student at my college (he |
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Learns horology
And conchology) |
| Offers me a full apology |
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Every Wednesday. |
10. — THE UNDIGNIFIED NOBLEMAN
| I know a nobleman whose publicity |
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And complicity
In mendicity |
| Is a fact of authenticity |
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Every Wednesday. |
11. — THE ABSURD CHANCELLOR
| Once a chancellor of acidity |
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And timidity,
With rapidity |
| Used to sing out "Rum ti iddy ti!" |
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Every Wednesday. |
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28 February, 2006
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