Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890
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English wit and humor -- Periodicals
By your right flank, wheel!
Let the front rank kneel!
With the bristle of the steel
To the foe.
Till their regiments reel,
At our rattling peal,
And the military zeal
We show!
[_Repeat, with the whole company marching round after him._
_The Soldier Doll._ My friend will next oblige--this jolly Jack Tar
Will give his song and chorus in charack-tar!
[_Same business with_ Sailor D.
_Song, by the Sailor Doll._
In costume I'm
So maritime,
You'd never suppose the fact is,
That with the Fleet
In Regent Street,
I'd precious little naval practice!
There was saucy craft,
Rigged fore an' aft,
Inside o' Mr. CRE-MER'S.
From Noah's Arks to Clipper-built barques,
Like-wise mechanical stea-mers.
But to navigate the Serpentine,
Yeo ho, my lads, ahoy!
With clockwork, sails, or spirits of wine,
Yeo-ho, my lads, ahoy!
I did respeckfully decline,
So I was left in port to pine,
Which wasn't azactually the line
Of a rollicking Sailor Boy,
Yeo-ho! Of a rollicking Sailor Bo-oy!
Yes, there was lots
Of boats and yachts,
Of timber and of tin, too;
But one and all
Was far too small
For a doll o' my size to get into!
I was too big
On any brig
To ship without disas-ter,
And it wouldn't never do
When the cap'n and the crew
Were a set o' little swabs all plas-ter!
_Chorus_--So to navigate the Serpentine, &c.
An Ark is p'raps
The berth for chaps
As is fond o' Natural Hist'ry.
But I sez to SHEM
And the rest o' them,
"How you get along at all's a myst'ry!
With a Wild Beast Show
Let loose below,
And four fe-males on deck too!
I never could agree
With your happy fami-lee,
And your lubberly ways I objeck to."
[_Chorus. Hornpipe by the company, after which the_ Soldier Doll
_advances condescendingly to_ Miss JENNY.
_The Sold. D._ Invincible I'm reckoned by the Ladies.
But yield to you--though conquering my trade is!
_Miss J. (repulsing him)._ Oh, go away, you great conceited thing, you!
[The Sold. D. _persists in offering her attentions_.
_Miss P. (watching them bitterly)._ To be deserted by one's doll does
sting you!
[_The_ Sailor D. _approaches_.
_The Sailor D. (to_ Miss P.) Let me console you, Miss, a Sailor Doll
As swears his 'art was ever true to POLL!
(_N.B.--Good opportunity for Song here._)
_Miss P._ (_indignantly to_ Miss J.) Your Sailor's teasing me to be his
idol!
Do make him stop--(_spitefully_)--When you've _quite_ done with _my_ doll!
_Miss J. (scornfully)._ If you suppose _I_ want your wretched warrior,
I'm sorry _for_ you!
_Miss P._ I for you am sorrier.
_Miss J. (weeping_, R.). POLLY preferred to me--what ignominy!
_Miss P. (weeping,_ L.). My horrid Sailor jilting me for JENNY!
[_The two Dolls face one another_, C.
_Sailor D. (to_ Soldier D.). You've made her sluice her skylights now,
you swab!
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