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Here's the _Times_, apropos,
And so,
With your patience, I'll show
What I mean, by perusing a passage or two.
(ARIA.)
"Hem! Mr. George Robins is anxious to tell,
In very plain prose, he's instructed to sell"--
"A vote for the county"--"packed neatly in straw"--
"Set by Holloway's Ointment"--"a limb of the law."
"The army has had secret orders to seize"--
"As soon as they can"--"the industrious fleas."
For amusement you never need be at a loss,
If you take a newspaper and read it across.
"The opera opens with"--"elegant coats"--
"For silver and gold we exchange foreign notes"--
"Specific to soften mortality's ills"--
"And cure Yorkshire bacon"--"take Morison's pills."
"Curious coincidence"--"steam to Gravesend."
"Tale of deep interest"--"money to lend"--
"Louisa is waiting for William to send."
For amusement you never need be at a loss,
If you take a newspaper and read it across.
"For relief of the Poles"--"an astounding feat!"--
"A respectable man"--"for a water will eat"--
"The Macadamised portion of Parliament-street.
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