Oh, that would be the post for me! With plenty to get and nothing to do, But to deck a pet poodle with ribbons of blue, And whistle a tune to the Queen's cockatoo, And scribble of verses remarkably few, And empty at evening a bottle or two, Quaffingly,... The Book of Ballads - Page 33by Theodore Martin, William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1845 - 152 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1843 - 830 pages
...laureate's wine and the laureate's pay, And no deductions at quarter-day ? Oh, that would be the post for me, With plenty to get, and nothing to do, But...deck a pet poodle with ribbons of blue, And whistle a tune to the Queen's cockatoo, And scribble of verses remarkably few, Aud at evening empty a bottle... | |
| william blackwood - 1849 - 764 pages
...become in future, it would seem, pretty much akin to that of the Poet Laureate— JOURNAL—JAN. J848. ' With plenty to get and nothing to do, But to deck...blue, And whistle all day to the Queen's cockatoo, And scribble of verses remarkably few, And at evening empty a bottle or two, Quaffingly, quaffingly.... | |
| American periodicals - 1849 - 612 pages
...And watch the clouds as listless as I, Lull?, lazily ! ' Oh ! that would bn the life forme ! VVith plenty to get, and nothing to do, But to deck a pet...blue, And whistle all day to the Queen's cockatoo, Trance-somely, trance-somely. Then the chambermaids that clean the rooms Would come to the windows... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1849 - 668 pages
...'d vacantly stare at the clear blue sky, And watch the clouds as listless as I, Lazily, lazily I ' Oh ! that would be the life for me ! With plenty to get, and nothing to do, Bat to deck a pet poodle with ribbons of blue, And whistle all day to the Queen's cockatoo, Trance-somely,... | |
| 430 pages
...merry, And nothing to do but to pocket hia gold ! • • * » • Oh, that would be the life for m«, With plenty to get, and nothing to do. But to deck a pet poodle with ribbon« of blue, And whistle alf day to the Queen's cockatoo, Dreatningly, drewningly. And say to... | |
| American literature - 1854 - 604 pages
...his butt of sherry, To keep him merry, And nothing to do but to "pocket his gold ! «»«••• Oh, that would be the life for me, With plenty to...With their saucy caps, and their crisped hair, And they'd toss their caps in the fragrant air, And say to each other — " Just look down there At the... | |
| Sir Theodore Martin - Parodies - 1854 - 228 pages
...Laureate's wine, and the Laureate's pay, And no deductions at quarter-day ? Oh, that would be the post for me! With plenty to get and nothing to do But to...deck a pet poodle with ribbons of blue, And whistle a tune to the Queen's cockatoo, And scribble of verses remarkably few, And at evening empty a bottle... | |
| Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1880 - 338 pages
...I imagine, make it a pleasant picture. Again, there is a Poet Laureate. What says the parodist ? ' Oh, that would be the life for me, With plenty to...blue, And whistle all day to the Queen's cockatoo, Trance-somely, trance-somely! Then the chambermaids that clean the rooms, Would come to the windows... | |
| Mortimer Collins - Gardening in literature - 1880 - 342 pages
...I imagine, make it a pleasant picture. Again, there is a Poet Laureate. What says the parodist ? ' Oh, that would be the life for me, With plenty to...blue, And whistle all day to the Queen's cockatoo, Trance-somely, trance-somely ! Then the chambermaids that clean the rooms, Would come to the windows... | |
| English wit and humor - 1884 - 208 pages
...bite ; And I'd let my fancies roam abroad In search nf a hint for a birthday ode, Crazily, crazily ! Oh, that would be the life for me, With plenty to...blue, And whistle all day to the Queen's cockatoo Trance-somely, trance-somely ! Then the chambermaids, that clean the rooms, Would come to the windows... | |
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