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... woman's shoe has a stilt , So I often wonder who started this rumor about woman being the clinging vine and man the mighty oak or elm , And I have an idea that the phrase " weaker sex ” was coined by some woman to disarm some man she ...
... woman's shoe has a stilt , So I often wonder who started this rumor about woman being the clinging vine and man the mighty oak or elm , And I have an idea that the phrase " weaker sex ” was coined by some woman to disarm some man she ...
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... woman made , And the woman made for man ; As the spur is for the jade , As the scabbard for the blade , As for digging is the spade , As for liquor is the can , So man , man , man , is for the woman made , And the woman made for man ...
... woman made , And the woman made for man ; As the spur is for the jade , As the scabbard for the blade , As for digging is the spade , As for liquor is the can , So man , man , man , is for the woman made , And the woman made for man ...
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... Woman On the king's highway . There came by a peddler , His name was Stout , He cut her petticoats All round about ; He cut her petticoats Up to her knees ; Which made the little woman To shiver and sneeze . When this little woman Began ...
... Woman On the king's highway . There came by a peddler , His name was Stout , He cut her petticoats All round about ; He cut her petticoats Up to her knees ; Which made the little woman To shiver and sneeze . When this little woman Began ...
Contents
Went to the Road That Lies | 16 |
Editors Preface | 19 |
Paul Engle | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Akond of Swat Alexander Pope Anonymous beauty bird blood blue boys cried D. H. Lawrence dark dead Dean death doth drink dull e. e. cummings Edward Lear Elynour eyes Festel to Fose Frankie give grave Harry Graham hate head heart heigh-ho John Henry John the Red Johnny kind kiss lady Lawd lemmings live look Lord Lyke Malder merry Milder to Malder mind Montana Moscow ne'er never night numbers o'er Ogden Nash pleasant poem poet poor praise Red Nose reply rhyme Samuel Hoffenstein says Festel says John says Milder Sieve sing Sir W. S. Gilbert Song soul steam drill sweet Tell thee There's theyr things thou thought turn verse W. H. Auden Who's the fool Winthrop Palmer wise wish words write wrong young