NONSENSE VERSESLIMERICKSupon the Purchase of the 'Alice'Marblehead, August, 1901
There was a young man at the 'Neck,'
And he wanted to own his own deck,
For he said, "I've a tub
And that is the rub,"
And he scorned the fine 'Grant' of the 'Neck.'
And he wanted to own his own deck,
For he said, "I've a tub
And that is the rub,"
And he scorned the fine 'Grant' of the 'Neck.'
There was a young man bold and free
Said, "No custom-house laws are for me.
If they want to enmesh
I'll be equally fresh,
And I'll gayly prance over the sea."
Said, "No custom-house laws are for me.
If they want to enmesh
I'll be equally fresh,
And I'll gayly prance over the sea."
There was a young man very bright
And he wanted so much to do right
That he told all his biz
To the powers that is,
And thereon his boat was locked tight.
And he wanted so much to do right
That he told all his biz
To the powers that is,
And thereon his boat was locked tight.
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