I used to have a lot of scholars’ collars;
Now I have none, no collars smooth, nor ruffs,
I’ve got to make the best of fortune’s cuffs.
To emigrate the best thing now would be—
Yes! Washington would be the place for me.
From “Poll and Partner Joe”; a Nautical Burlesque by F. C. Burnand. First produced at St. James’s Theatre, May 6th, 1871.
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The Bachelor’s Soliloquy.
To wed, or not to wed? That is the question
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer