Nellie stands with lean arms folded, saying “Billy, how’s your nose?”
Fred Rawkins (Harold Wynn.)
The Weekly Dispatch, 25 June, 1882.
Another Parody of “Billy’s Rose” appeared in The Umpire (Manchester) 30 September, 1888. But it does not follow the original very closely, and is rather too coarse to be inserted.
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“The Tricycle.”
A Parody upon “The Lifeboat,” by G. P. Sims.
Been out on the Tricycle often? Yes, sir, I ride a lot.
When it’s hotter than this? Lor’, bless you, this ain’t what we call hot.
It’s when the sun is a-shining with a heat like a furnace strong,