I WISH I WERE A COMET.
I wish I were a comet, And sportin' through the sky Oh ! shades of old Mahommet, I'd make the splinters fly ! There'd be a reck of matter, A crash of worlds, you bet, I'd all the planets batter, And everything upset. I'd butt against old Bruin, And tease the Little Cub, The Polar Star I'd ruin, A*d give the Moon a rub. The Dog Star then I'd collar, And if unmuzzled found, To make my half a dollar, I'd drag him to the pound. I'd make things spin about, Oh ! Jupiter and Mars, Tarn the Dipper wrong Bide out* And drown the little stars. I'd give the earth a tuasel, Amd switch it off its axis, I'd travel on my muscle, And equalize the taxes.
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Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1492, 21 November 1874, Page 5 (Supplement)
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