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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1921. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... what punch told them Punch in a beer-house, drinking beer, Booms with his voice so that all may hear, Bangs on the table with a red-haired fist, Writhes in his chair with a hump-backed twist, Leers at his huge nose, in the glass, And then proclaims, in a voice of brass: Let all who would prosper and be free Mark my words and listen to me Call me a hunchback? call me a clown? I turned the universe upside down And where is the law or love or chain That can't be broken by nerve or brain? Of all my troubles-my-wife was first If once I loved her, at last I cursed I stole her out of her father's house, Kissed her, made her my lawful spouse, --And loved her, too, for a certain season... And where's the woman who loves in reason? She dogged me up; she dogged me down; She tracked my footsteps through the town; Kissed me, clung to me; asked for more; 'Punch, do you love me? '--till I swore I'd break her neck I'd fling her away Or sail to a foreign land and stay... You've all got wives--now listen to me, Learn how a man can go scot free Did I slit her gorge with a carving-knife--Offer the hangman's noose my life? Not Punch --There are ways and ways to kill, --Some take courage and some take skill... Poor Judy's dead--and the constables think She fell downstairs--but here, I wink Yes, sirs, there's ways and ways of dying, Some with wailing and some with crying; But some of us die in the dead of night With never a sound in the candlelight. They stretched her out in a coffin small, They hid the coffin under a pall, And the mourners came all dressed in black, Shouldered it, each with bending back, And carried it out.... I sat apart And wiped my eyes and broke my heart--Oh, yes and each 'Poor Punch ' he said As he saw me weep and bow my head. Well, sirs, it may seem stra.
| ISBN-13 | 9781458959980 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458959988 |
| Weight | 0.28 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 76 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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