"LABBY IN OUR ABBEY.”
(Attributed to Sir Frederick Bridge.) Air: ‘ Sally in cur alley.’ ;Of all the hoys’ that are so smart, ■ • ' There’s none , like ctafty Labby ; He learns the secret of each, heart, . ■ And lives near our Abbey. Thor©, is no lawyer in the land ' That’s half as sharp as Labby; He is a demon in the art; And guileless as a babby! The Ministers and members al! Make gam© of truthful Labby, , Though but for him *tis said they’d be A sleepy set and flabby. ‘ And when their seven long years are out, They hope to bury Labby.; , . Ah! then how peacefully, he’ll lie, But not in our Abbey! ...
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Evening Star, Issue 11511, 30 March 1901, Page 2
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111"LABBY IN OUR ABBEY.” Evening Star, Issue 11511, 30 March 1901, Page 2
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