Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
A NEW VERSION OF THE CELEBRATED NURSERY TALE, WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE
PRINCESS ROYAL.
Who Kill'd Cock Russell?
I, said Bob Peel,
The political eel,
I kill'd Cock Russell.
Who saw him die?
We, said the nation,
At each polling station,
We saw him die.
Who caught his place?
I, for I _can_ lie,
Said turn-about _Stan_ley,
I caught his place.
Who'll make his shroud?
We, cried the poor
From each Union door,
We'll make his shroud.
Who'll dig his grave?
Cried the corn-laws, The fool
Has long been our tool,
We'll dig his grave.
Who'll be the parson?
I, London's bishop,
A sermon will dish up,
I'll be the parson.
Who'll be the clerk?
Sibthorp, for a lark,
If you'll all keep it dark,
He'll be the clerk.
Who'll carry him to his grave?
The Chartists, with pleasure,
Will wait on his leisure,
They'll carry him to his grave.
Who'll carry the link?
Said Wakley, in a minute,
I _must_ be in it,
I'll carry the link.
Who'll be chief mourners?
We, shouted dozens
Of out-of-place cousins,
We'll be chief mourners.
Who'll bear the pall?
As they loudly bewail,
Both O'Connell and tail,
They'll bear the pall.
Who'll go before?
I, said old Cupid,
I'll still head the stupid,
I'll go before.
Who'll sing a psalm?
I, Colonel Perceval,
(Oh, Peel, be merciful!)
I'll sing a psalm.
Who'll throw in the dirt?
I, said the _Times_,
In lampoons and rhymes,
I'll throw in the dirt.
Who'll toll the bell?
I, said John Bull,
With pleasure I'll pull,--
I'll toll the bell.
All the Whigs in the world
Fell a sighing and sobbing,
When wicked Bob Peel
Put an end to their jobbing.
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TRANSACTIONS AND YEARLY REPORT OF THE HOOKHAM-CUM-SNIVEY LITERARY,
SCIENTIFIC, AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.
Collected and elaborated expressly for "PUNCH," by Tiddledy Winks,
Esq., Hon. Sec., and Editor of the _Peckham Evening Post_ and
_Camberwell-Green Advertiser_.
Previously to placing the results of my unwearied application before the
public, I think it will be both interesting and appropriate to trace, in a
few words, the origin of this admirable society, by whose indefatigable
exertions the air-pump has become necessary to the domestic economy of
every peasant's cottage; and the Budelight and beer-shops, optics and
out-door relief, and Daguerrotypes and dirt, have become subjects with
which they are equally familiar.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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