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The Humourous Poetry of the English Language

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651<br />

AN INVITATION TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS<br />

PUNCH.<br />

I have found out a gig-gig-gift for my fuf-fuf-fair,<br />

I have found where <strong>the</strong> rattle-snakes bub-bub-breed;<br />

Will you co-co-come, and I'll show you <strong>the</strong> bub-bub-bear,<br />

And <strong>the</strong> lions and tit-tit-tigers at fuf-fuf-feed.<br />

I know where <strong>the</strong> co-co-cockatoo's song<br />

Makes mum-mum-melody through <strong>the</strong> sweet vale;<br />

Where <strong>the</strong> mum-monkeys gig-gig-grin all <strong>the</strong> day long<br />

Or gracefully swing by <strong>the</strong> tit-tit-tit-tail.<br />

You shall pip-pip-play, dear, some did-did-delicate joke<br />

With <strong>the</strong> bub-bub-bear on <strong>the</strong> tit-tit-top <strong>of</strong> his pip-pip-pip-pole;<br />

But observe, 'tis forbidden to pip-pip-pokeAt <strong>the</strong> bub-bub-bear with<br />

your pip-pip-pink pip-pip-pip-pip-parasol!<br />

You shall see <strong>the</strong> huge elephant pip-pip-play,<br />

You shall gig-gig-gaze on <strong>the</strong> stit-stit-stately racoon;<br />

And <strong>the</strong>n did-did-dear, toge<strong>the</strong>r we'll stray<br />

To <strong>the</strong> cage <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bub-bub-blue-faced bab-bab-boon.<br />

You wished (I r-r-remember it well,<br />

And I lul-lul-loved you <strong>the</strong> m-m-more for <strong>the</strong> wish)<br />

To witness <strong>the</strong> bub-bub-beautiful pip-pip-pel-<br />

ican swallow <strong>the</strong> l-l-live little fuf-fuf-fish!<br />

THE PEOPLE AND THEIR PALACE.<br />

IMPROVISED BY A FINE GENTLEMAN.<br />

PUNCH.<br />

Oh dem that absawd Cwystal Palace! alas,<br />

What a pity <strong>the</strong>y took <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> duty on glass!<br />

It's having been evaw ewected, in fact,

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