Henry Byron one day to A. Harris did say
“You’ve asked me to write, and I’ll do so;
My pantomine theme I’ll work out with a dream,
Of the fairies and Robinson Crusoe;
There’s Payne will play Robinson Crusoe;
Years ago he did Robinson Crusoe;
But such pleasures of Payne,
Evergreen will remain;
And his sons shine in Robinson Crusoe.”
Then when came Christmas time, to the new Pantomime,