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The Zankiwank
Knowing from past experience that the Zankiwank would have his own way, Maude and Willie, having no one else to think about, thought of Nobody, and to their amazement they heard these words sung as from a long way off, in a very hollow tone of voice:—
Nobody’s Nothing to Nobody.
O Nobody’s Nothing to Nobody,
And yet he is something too;
Though No-body’s No-Body it yet is so odd he
Always finds nothing to do!
And yet he is something too;
Though No-body’s No-Body it yet is so odd he
Always finds nothing to do!
When Nobody does nothing wrong,
They say it is the cat;
Though Nobody be long and strong
And very likely fat.
His name is heard from morn till night,
He’s known in ev’ry place;
He does the deeds that are unright,
Though no one sees his face.
They say it is the cat;
Though Nobody be long and strong
And very likely fat.
His name is heard from morn till night,
He’s known in ev’ry place;
He does the deeds that are unright,
Though no one sees his face.
Nobody broke the Dresden vase,
Nobody ate the cream;
Nobody ate the cream;
