(My dog the medical officer pack’d),

And the School Board its aid may lend;

The Vestry its powers may bring,

And the Courts and the Parleyment,

But they’re only amusing the gipsy king,

And his court in the van and tent.

Funny Folks, June 22, 1878.

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WHEN WE WENT OUT A GIPSYING.

In the days when we went gipsying,