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PARODIES

OF THE WORKS OF

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS,

COLLECTED AND ANNOTATED BY

WALTER HAMILTON,

Fellow of the Royal Geographical and Royal Historical Societies;

Author of "A History of National Anthems and Patriotic Songs," "A Memoir of George Cruikshank,"
"The Poets Laureate of England," "The Esthetic Movement in England,” etc.

"We maintain that, far from converting virtue into a paradox, and degrading truth by ridicule, PARODY will only strike at
what is chimerical and false; it is not a piece of buffoonery so much as a critical exposition.
of writers, who frequently make their heroes act against nature, common-sense, and truth?
the authors of these PARODIES,"

What do we parody but the absurdities
After all, it is the public, not we, who are

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The authors of the original poems are arranged in alphabetical order; the titles of the original poems are printed in small capitals, followed by the Parodies, the authors of which are named, in italics,

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The Poetry of the "Anti-Jacobin." A List of Parodies contained in "The Anti-Jacobin"... 181 La Sainte Guillotine, Song; The Progress of Man, after Mr. R. Payne Knight; Chevy Chase; The Loves of the Triangles, after Dr. Darwin; Brissot's Ghost, after Glover's Ballad; Ode to Jacobinism, after Gray's Hymn to Adversity; The Jacobin, after Southey''s Sapphics; Ode to a Jacobin, after Suckling.

THE ROVERS-George Canning

The University of Gottingen

A New Gottingen Ballad, Morning Herald, 1802
The Constitutional Association, William Hone
The University we've got in town, R. H. Barham
The Universal Penny Postage, 1840

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The Humorous M. P. for Nottingham, Fun, 1867... 185
The Union Oxoniensis, the Shotover Papers
The Oxford Installation Ode, Diogenes, 1853
The Universal Prayer of Paddington, Punch, 1882
The University at Nottingham, Punch 1882
The Hor-Ticultural Society (Cambridge, 1830)

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ADDRESS TO THE DE'IL

Address to the G. O. M., Moonshine, 1885 JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO

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COMING THROUGH THE RYE "Tak' cauler water I "

DUNCAN GRAY

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"Scots! although in New York bred," Funny

"Scots, wha won't for Wallace bleed," Shirley

"We twa ha' fished the Kale sae clear "... To Burns, Joseph Blacket, 1811

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TAM O' SHANTER

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"Success to honest usury." Diogenes, 1853 "More luck to honest poverty, "Is there a lady in all the land?" Once a Week "Is there a Jingo, proud and high?" Punch, 1878 "Is there, for princely opulence?" Fun, 1879 "Is there, for double U. E. G.?" Funny Folks Sir Arthur Guinness and a Peerage...

"Is there for Whig and Tory men?" John Stuart Blackie, Alma Mater, 1885

Political Parody in Funny Folks, March 14, 1885... A new song to an old tune, Sir Walter Scott, 1814 To Women of the Period

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"Gin' a nursey meet a bobby," Judy, 1879 Parody in Funny Folks, 1879

"If a Proctor meet a body," Lays of Modern Oxford. 1874

"Oor Tam has joined the Templars noo," Rev, R. S. Bowie

"Sam Sumph cam' here for Greek" John Stuart Blackie, Alma Mater, 1885 The Whigs of Auld Lang Syne, Punch, 1865 Sir M, Hicks Beach on Auld Acquaintance, Truth "We twa hae dune a little Bill," Punch, 1848 ... Paraphrase of Auld Lang Syne, Comic Offering Should Gaelic speech be e'er forgot? GREEN GROW THE ASHES

Life in Malvern. Malvern Punch, 1865

'Hey, for Social Science, O! Lord Nerves "There's nought but talk on every han," Punch Holy Willie's Prayer, Newcastle Weekly Chronicle The Fishers' Welcome, Doubleday.

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WELL! THOU ART HAPPY

To Mary. Phoebe Carey's Poems and Parodies, 1854
MAID OF ATHENS, 1810...

Anticipation in "The Monthly Mirror," 1799.
"I conjure thee to love me, Sophia"
Polka mou sas Agapo, Punch, 1844

Pay, oh! Pay us what you owe, Punch, 1847
Man of Mammon, e'er we part

People's William ! do not start, Truth, 1877
Maid of Athens ! ere we start, Punch, 1878
Maid of Clapham! ere I part, Jon Duan ...
Made of Something! ere we part, Free Press
Flashes, 1882
Made of Something! (Zoedone) Punch, 1880
Calfs Heart, "Maid of all work, as a part,
Madame Rachel ! ere we smash, Judy, 1868

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TO THOMAS MOORE-

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fold, F. B. Doveton, 1886
"Dan O'Connell came down," The Spirit of the

Belasco came down like a bruiser so bold

'My boat is on the Shore"

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My cab is at the door," Punch, 1846

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My boat has run ashore," Punch, 1875..

A Farewell to Jenny Lind, Punch, 1848..

CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE-

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"Adoo! adoo! my fav'rite scheme," Punch, 1846 209
There was a sound of revelry by night

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There was a sound that ceased not (on the Rail-
way Panic), Our Iron Roads, F. S. Williams...
Waterloo at Astley's Theatre, Cruikshank's Comic
Almanack, 1846

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The Battle of the Opera, Punch. 1849
There was a sound of orat'ry by night

There was a clash of Billiard balls, A. H. Smith...
Stop; for your tread is on a Poet's dust! (on

Henry Irving as Othello), Figaro, 1876
London's Inferno, Truth, 1884

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Childe Snobson's Pilgrimage, Punch, 1842
Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage, by E. J. Milliken...
DARKNESS-

"I had a dream, which was not all a dream"
"I had a hat-it was not all a hat "

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Maid of Ganges! thou that art, The Etonian, 1884
Maid of all work! we must part

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Joe, my Joseph! ere we part, St. James's Gazette

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I WOULD I WERE A CARELESS CHILD.

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The old Fogey's Lament, Funny Folks

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'TIS TIME THIS HEART SHOULD BE UNMOVED
'Tis time that I should be removed, Punch's
Pocket Book, 1856

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Lord Byron's Marriage

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FARE THEE WELL!

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"I had a dream" (On Smoking) The Spirit of the
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ENIGMA ON THE LETTER H. (Ascribed to Byron.)
"'Twas whispered in Heaven"

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And fare Thee well, too-if, for ever
Fare thee well! Lyrics and Lays, 1867
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Article on Byron... 207
The Un-true Story, dedicated to Mrs. Stowe
"Know ye the land where the Novelists blurt
all," Walter Parke, Punch and Judy, 1870.. 208
To Inez. " 'Nay, smile not at my garments now,
Phæbe Carey

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"I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs'
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"Roll on thou drunk and dark blue peeler
There is pleasure in a cask of wood, Hugh Cayley 214
Arcades Ambo, C. S. Calverley, Fly Leaves, 1878 214
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YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND

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PRISONER OF CHILLON.-Snowed up.
SUBLIME TOBACCO! which from East to West
Sublime Potatoes; that from Antrim's shore.
Cabul, September, 1879. In imitation of the Siege
of Corinth. The World, 1879
The Civic Mazeppa, Punch, 1844
Mazeppa Travestied. 1820

DON JUAN

"Bob Southey! you're a poet"

"Ben Dizzy! you're a humbug," Jon Duan
The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece
The Isle of Eels! the Isle of Eels, Punch, 1844
The Smiles of Peace, Shirley Brooks, 1856
The Wines of Greece, Punch, 1865
The Ills of Greece Punch, 1879
The Claims of Greece, G. A. Sala
The aisles of Rome, Jon Duan. 1874
The Isles decrease. Faust and Phisto, 1876
The Claims of Greece, Punch, 1881
The Town of Nice, Herman Merivale, 1883
The Smiles of Peace, Funny Folks, 1885...
The Liberal Seats, Pall Mall Gazette, 1886
The Fields of Tothill; a Fragment
The Childe's Pilgrimage, W. F. Deacon

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The Lawn Tennis Match, F. B. Doveton... THE SOLDIER'S DREAM "We were wet as the deuce," Punch 1853 The Boat Race: "We had stripped off our coats,' Lays of Modern Oxford, 1874... The Tory Premier's Dream, Funny Folks, 1880.. The Fatal Gallopade, The Comic Magazine, 1834 LOCHIEL'S WARNING

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Ye Kite-flyers of Scotland, Thomas Love Peacock
Young gentlemen of England, Punch, 1844
Ye Peasantry of England, Punch, 1845
Ye Constables of London, Puppet Show, 1848
Ye Ship builders of England, Punch, 1849
Ye Subalterns in England Punch, 1854
Ye Clergymen of England, Punch, 1856
March, March, Make-rags of Borrowdale, T. L.
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