Book: Rhymes for My Rags

• The Bandit

  Upon his way to rob a Bank
  He paused to watch a fire;

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• The Battle

  Dames should be doomed to dungeons
  Who masticate raw onions.

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• Wheels

  Since I am sick of Wheels
  That jar my day,

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• The Biologic Urge

  Confound all aberrations which
  Make men do foolish things,

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• Tom Paine

  An Englishman was Thomas Paine
  Who bled for liberty;

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• The Buyers

  Father drank himself to death,--
  Quite enjoyed it.

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• Tim

  My brother Tim has children ten,
  While I have none.

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• The Centenarian

  Great Grandfather was ninety-nine
  And so it was our one dread,

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• Two Children

  Give me your hand, oh little one!
  Like children be we two;

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• The Centenarians

  I asked of ancient gaffers three
  The way of their ripe living,

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• You And Me

  I'm part of people I have known
  And they are part of me;

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• The Contrast

  Fat lady, in your four-wheeled chair,
  Dolled up to beat the band,

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• To A Tycoon

  Since much has been your mirth
  And fair your fate,

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• The Decision

  Said she: 'Although my husband Jim
  Is with his home content,

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• Treat 'Em Rough

  First time I dared propose,
  A callow lad was I;

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• The Goat And I

  Each sunny day upon my way
  A goat I pass;

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• Washerwife

  The aged Queen who passed away
  Had sixty servants, so they say;

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• The Homicide

  They say she speeded wanton wild
  When she was warm with wine;

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• Words

  If on isle of the sea
  I have to tarry,

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• The Judgement

  The Judge looked down, his face was grim,
  He scratched his ear;

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• Tick-Tock

  Tick-tocking in my ear
  My dollar clock I hear.

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• The Old General

  Little Annabelle to please,
  (Lacking grace, I grant),

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• To A Stuffed Shirt

  On the tide you ride head high,
  Like a whale 'mid little fishes;

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• The Palace

  Grimy men with picks and shovels
  Who in darkness sweat unseen,

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• Toilet Seats

  While I am emulating Keats
  My brother fabrics toilet seats,

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• The Parting

  Sky's a-waxin' grey,
  Got to be a-goin';

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• Tourists

  In a strange town in a far land
  They met amid a throng;

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• The Pretty Lady

  He asked the lady in the train
  If he might smoke: she smiled consent.

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• Triumph

  Why am I full of joy although
  It drizzles on the links?

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• The Prisoner

  Upspoke the culprit at the bar,
  Conducting his own case:

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• Two Words

  'God' is composed of letters three,
  But if you put an 'l'

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• The Receptionist

  France is the fairest land on earth,
  Lovely to heart's desire,

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• What Kisses Had John Keats?

  I scanned two lines with some surmise
  As over Keats I chanced to pore:

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• The Robbers

  Alas! I see that thrushes three
  Are ravishing my old fig tree,

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• Willie

  'Why did the lady in the lift
  Slap that poor parson's face?'

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• The Seed

  I was a seed that fell
  In silver dew;

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• Work And Joy

  Each day I live I thank the Lord
  I do the work I love;

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• The Shorter Catechism

  I burned my fingers on the stove
  And wept with bitterness;

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• Young Mother

  Her baby was so full of glee,
  And through the day

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