A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and Satirical Verse Selected from the Writings of British and American PoetsFrederic Lawrence Knowles |
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... Captain Reece 26 Ellen McJones Aberdeen . 367 Ferdinando and Elvira 57 Gentle Alice Brown 184 Mister William . 342 The Bumboat Woman's Story 178 The Modest Couple . 268 The Perils of Invisibility 49 Ould Doctor Mack Old Grimes The Yarn ...
... Captain Reece 26 Ellen McJones Aberdeen . 367 Ferdinando and Elvira 57 Gentle Alice Brown 184 Mister William . 342 The Bumboat Woman's Story 178 The Modest Couple . 268 The Perils of Invisibility 49 Ould Doctor Mack Old Grimes The Yarn ...
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... : " Oh , I am a cook and the captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bo'sun tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " " 6 66 And he shook his fists and he 6 TREASURY OF HUMorous poETRY.
... : " Oh , I am a cook and the captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bo'sun tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " " 6 66 And he shook his fists and he 6 TREASURY OF HUMorous poETRY.
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... captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bo'sun tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " Then he gave a hitch to his trousers , which Is a trick all seamen larn , And having got rid of a thumping ...
... captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bo'sun tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " Then he gave a hitch to his trousers , which Is a trick all seamen larn , And having got rid of a thumping ...
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... captain's gig . 66 Then only the cook and me was left , And the delicate question , ' Which Of us two goes to the kettle ? ' arose , And we argued it out as sich . " For I loved that cook as a brother , I did , And the cook he ...
... captain's gig . 66 Then only the cook and me was left , And the delicate question , ' Which Of us two goes to the kettle ? ' arose , And we argued it out as sich . " For I loved that cook as a brother , I did , And the cook he ...
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... captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bos'un tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " William S. Gilbert WIDOW MACSHANE Near ould Skibbereen , in the gim of the owshun , The spaker was born , in ...
... captain bold , And the mate of the Nancy brig , And a bos'un tight , and a midshipmite , And the crew of the captain's gig . " William S. Gilbert WIDOW MACSHANE Near ould Skibbereen , in the gim of the owshun , The spaker was born , in ...
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Ahkoond Behave yoursel blue Bret Harte Brown captain's gig Charles Charles Godfrey Leland Charles Stuart Calverley cried d'ye think dance dear eyes fair father folks Gilpin girl give goes hair hand head hear heard heart Hot Cross Bun humorous Irishman John John Godfrey Saxe Jones kind kiss lady legs Lewis Carroll live look Lord MacShane maid Mamma married Mister morning mother ne'er never night niversity of Gottingen nose Number o'er Oily ould Paddy play poem pray pretty proputty rabbit-pie rhymes rose round Sam Walter Foss Samuel Lover sighed sing smile song soul sure Swat sweet tail talk Tascus tell thee There's thing Thomas Hood thou thought told took town twas verse vulgar Boy Wan-two Widow wife William Winthrop Mackworth Praed wonder young