And so, at this season, let’s wish them success,

And hope that among them they won’t make a mess

Of the rare old Plum-Pudding of England,

The old English Christmas Plum-Pudding!

(Four verses omitted.)

Punch. Dec. 27, 1879.

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THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.

Oh, Britannia, the pride of the ocean,

The home of the brave and the free,