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England. October, 1884.


“The Song of Mrs. Jenny Geddes.

(Tune—’British Grenadiers.’)

“Some praise the fair Queen Mary, and some the good Queen Bess,

And some the wise Aspasia, beloved by Pericles;

But o’er all the world’s brave women there’s one that bears the rule,

The valiant Jenny Geddes that flung the four-legged stool.

With a row-dow—at them now!—Jenny fling the stool!