Write to Hawarden, there beyond—
And an answer you’ll get from the People’s Will!
Hubert John de Burgh.
(This talented young author died in 1877, at the early age of thirty-two. The above parody originally appeared in Yorick, to accompany a cartoon by Harry Furniss.)
As recently as October 20, 1888, Punch had a similar parody entitled
Agriculture’s Latest Rôle.
(A Bucolic Ballad, with a Borrowed Refrain, Dedicated to the British Dairy Farmers’ Association,)
“Where are you going to, my pretty Maid?”
(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese!)