The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore HookHook, Theodore Edward
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The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
Hook, Theodore Edward
English wit and humor
And what said her Majesty--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
What said her Majesty, ho?
--What I understood's,
She's come for our goods,
And when she has got them, she'll go----go,
And when she has got them, she'll go.
And who were attending her--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
Who were attending her, ho?
Lord Hood for a man,
For a Maid, Lady Anne,
And Alderman Wood for a beau----beau,
And Alderman Wood for a beau.
And the Alderman's family--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
The Alderman's family, ho?
--Yes--Georgy, and Kitty,
One fat--t'other pretty,
And the son who was brought up at Bow----Bow,
The son who was brought up at Bow.
And had she no Countesses--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
Had she no Countesses, ho?
--O yes!--painted Jersey,
Who might have worn kersey,
Had folks their deserts here, below----low,
Had folks their deserts here below.
And had she no other, Ma'am--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
Had she no other, Ma'am, ho?
--There was one Lady Grey,
Whose temper, they say,
Like her Lord's, is as sweet as a sloe----sloe,
Like her Lord's, is as sweet as a sloe.
Was no one from Croxteth there--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
No one from Croxteth there, ho?
--Oh, no--Lady Sefton
Would sooner have left town,
Both her and her daughters--than go----go,
Both her and her daughters--than go.
And had she no Commoners--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
Had she no Commoners, ho?
--I happen'd to look,
And could find in her book
Only Fergusson, Taylor, and Co.----Co.,
Fergusson, Taylor, and Co.
And had she no son-in-law--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
Had she no son-in-law, ho?
--Yes; time-serving Leopold,
A puppet that we uphold,
Though neither for use nor for show----show,
Neither for use nor for show.
And did they meet tenderly--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
Did they meet tenderly, ho?
--They were both so intent,
About taxes and rent,
That they never once thought of their woe----woe,
They never once thought of their woe.
And had she no Counsellors--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am?
Had she no Counsellors, ho?
--Yes; one Mr. Brougham,
Who sneak'd out of her room,
Pretending the Circuit to go----go,
Pretending the Circuit to go.
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