Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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This Hebrew child got awful riled,
And busted into tears. He really almost feared To leave his poor abode, His nose, and name, and beard became A byword on that road. At length he swore an oath, The reason he would know-- "I'll call and see why ever he Does persecute me so." The good old bishop sat On his ancestral chair, The busman came, sent up his name, And laid his grievance bare. "Benighted Jew," he said, (And chuckled loud with joy) "Be Christian you, instead of Jew-- Become a Christian boy. "I'll ne'er annoy you more." "Indeed?" replied the Jew. "Shall I be freed?" "You will, indeed!" Then "Done!" said he, "with you!" The organ which, in man, Between the eyebrows grows, |
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