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Missy's Thoughts |
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(At a Boys' School.) |

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Missy's Thoughts (At a Boys' School.) I'll tell my mammy when I go home. My sister Mary's twice as wild, But why do the boys all tease me so, When yesterday, I climbed for pears, The usher pretends to be my friend, They often make me lie down to show They're not content, though I open wide, And then they show me all their shames, |
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A Brahmin at Madras introduced a relation of his to the Collector, who asked him whether this man was his brother. "No," said he, "he is not my brother, but he is one of my bloody relations." |
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A sailor on board the Duke of Edinburgh's yacht had a reputation as an impromptu poet. The following was one of his efforts before the Duchess: He was a bloody sparrow. But in a bloody minute, After which, he said: "I don't think much of it myself, marm, but my mates say it's bloody fine." |
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