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Page 237
I have none to tell , sir , Only last night , a drinking at the Chequers , This poor old hat and breeches , as you see ... I should be glad to drink your honour's health in A pot of beer , if you will give me sixpence ; But for my part ...
I have none to tell , sir , Only last night , a drinking at the Chequers , This poor old hat and breeches , as you see ... I should be glad to drink your honour's health in A pot of beer , if you will give me sixpence ; But for my part ...
Page 349
The cow drinks water by the ton And at eighteen is mostly done . The dog at fifteen cashes in Without the aid of rum and gin . The cat in milk and water soaks And then in twelve short years it croaks . The modest , sober , bone - dry ...
The cow drinks water by the ton And at eighteen is mostly done . The dog at fifteen cashes in Without the aid of rum and gin . The cat in milk and water soaks And then in twelve short years it croaks . The modest , sober , bone - dry ...
Page 383
E. V. KNOX London Water This is the water that John drinks . This is the Thames with its cento of stinks , That supplies the water that John drinks . These are the fish that float in the inky stream of the Thames with its cento of ...
E. V. KNOX London Water This is the water that John drinks . This is the Thames with its cento of stinks , That supplies the water that John drinks . These are the fish that float in the inky stream of the Thames with its cento of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Everyman Book of Light Verse |
| Editor | Robert Robinson |
| Publisher | Dent, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| ISBN | 0460045873, 9780460045872 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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