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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