Ask Bob He Knows
A miss is as good as a mile,
A kiss is as good as a smile,
But four painted kings
Are the beautiful things
That are good for the other man’s pile.
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The ballet’s not the drawing card
That once it used to be.
Ah! when it dies, may some good bard
Indite its L. E. G.
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“How do you like codfish balls?”
I said to sister Jenny.
“Well, really May, I couldn’t say,
I have never been to any.”
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Poor Lot’s wife turned to salt, alas!
Her fate was most unkind.
No doubt she only wished to see
How hung her skirt behind.
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