We had lots of others, and ever so many good stories, but it is time to end. This last must suffice for the Nonsense Verses:
There was a young lady en route,
Who wanted to go on a toot,
So she jumped off the ca—ah
When no one was ne—ah,
And feasted on candy and fruit.
This was the favorite refrain of all, for its reckless suggestions, and the special intonations of its third and fourth lines. Its echoes would sound out in the most unexpected connections—
"So she jumped off the ca—ah
When no one was ne—ah,"
and then would come a merry peal of laughter.