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c There was an old man who said " Well ! Will nobody answer thia bsll ? I have pulled day and night Till my hair has grown white Bat nobody answers this bell." * # * # There was a youDg lady of Parma Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer, When they said " Are you dumb ?" She merely said " Hum !" That provoking young lady of Parma. # # # * There was a young lady of Rio, Who once played in Haydn'a Grand Trio, Her skill being Bc&nfcy She played it andante Though it should be allegro con brio. # # # # , There was a young lady of Tyre, Who swept; the loud chorda of a lyre, At the sound of each aweep She enraptured the deep 1 And enchanted the oity of Tyre. # * # # There waa a young person of Dalbi, ! Who couldn't read Crocket's Gleg Kelly, When they said " It's the fashion," She go: in a passion, 1 And said, "So ie Marie Corelli." i # * * # > There was an old monaroh imporlouß, Whose misdeeds were exceedingly serious, The name of his boms Waß the city of Rome, And the name of the Monarch — Tiberiouß j # #- # # i There was a young scholar of Qaeen'a : Who created a series of soenes By appearing in Hall | Di6Bsed in nothing at all But an old pair of boots of the Dean's. # m * # There was an old Fellow of Trial'y, "■ A doofcor deep versed in Divinity, ■ Bat be took to free thinking, And then to deep drinking, . And so had So leave the vioinlty. 3 * * * * ( There waa a youog geniua at Queens, > Who w*B fond of explosive machines, He onoe blew up a door, Bai; he'll do it no more, For it ohanced that that door was the Doan't- # * # * There was a young lady of Venice, 1 Who used hard-boiled eggs to play tennis » i When they said, " Thia is wrong J " 3 She replied, " Go along, 5 You don't know how prolific my hen ia ! " # * # * i There was an old man who supposed That the street door was partially olosed, But Home very large rats Ate his coats and hia hats 3 While that futile old gentleman dozad. # * # # i There was an old person of Rye, t Who found he'd a mote in hia eye, 1 But seeing his brother 3 Had a beam in the other, r Consoled that old person of Bye. f * # # # There was an old man up a tree, \ Who was horribly bored by a bee, 8 When they Bald, " Does it buzz ? " r Ho replied, " Yes it does ! It's a regular brute of a bee."
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3016, 29 November 1898, Page 7
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