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Page 53
Do take that bird down , Or you'll soon be the laughing - stock all over town ! ' And the barber kept on shaving . ' I've studied owls , And other night - fowls , And I tell you What I know to be true ; An owl cannot roost With his ...
Do take that bird down , Or you'll soon be the laughing - stock all over town ! ' And the barber kept on shaving . ' I've studied owls , And other night - fowls , And I tell you What I know to be true ; An owl cannot roost With his ...
Page 54
Do take that bird down ; Have him stuffed again , Brown ! ' And the barber kept on shaving . ' With some sawdust and bark I could stuff in the dark An owl better than that . I could make an old hat Look more like an owl Than that horrid ...
Do take that bird down ; Have him stuffed again , Brown ! ' And the barber kept on shaving . ' With some sawdust and bark I could stuff in the dark An owl better than that . I could make an old hat Look more like an owl Than that horrid ...
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Last year came out our Daughter , Dell ; And all the birds received her well . To do her honour , a feast we made For every bird that can swim or wade . Herons and Gulls , and Cormorants black , Cranes , and Flamingoes with scarlet back ...
Last year came out our Daughter , Dell ; And all the birds received her well . To do her honour , a feast we made For every bird that can swim or wade . Herons and Gulls , and Cormorants black , Cranes , and Flamingoes with scarlet back ...
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| Title | A Choice of Comic and Curious Verse |
| Editor | John Michael Cohen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Allen Lane, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713914718, 9780713914719 |
| Length | 469 pages |
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