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But not so handsome Mr. Punch,
Who had a monstrous nose, sir;
And on his back there grew a hunch
That to his head arose, sir:
But then, they say, that he could speak
As winning as a mermaid;
And by his voice—a treble squeak—
He Judy won—that fair maid.

But he was cruel as a Turk;
Like Turk, was discontented,
To have one wife—'twas poorish work—
But still the law prevented
His having two, or twenty-two,
Though he for all was ready;
So what did he in that case do?
Oh! sad!—he kept a lady.

Now Mrs. Judy found it out,
And, being very jealous,
She pull'd her husband by the snout,
His lady gay as well as.
Then Punch he in a passion flew,
And took it so in dudgeon,
He fairly split her head in two,
Oh! monster!—with a bludgeon.

And next he took his little heir—
Oh, most unnatural father!—
And flung it out of a two-pair
Window; for he'd rather
Possess the lady of his love,
Than lady of the law, sir;
And cared not for his child above
A pinch of Maccabau, sir.

His wife's relations came to town,
To ask of him the cause, sir;
He took his stick and knock'd 'em down,
And serv'd 'em the same sauce, sir.

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