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And C.H. said to the renowned Mr Bukos :

" What is the cause of the H.C.L. ? " and Mr Bukos ,
The economist consulted of nations , said :

" Lack of labour . "

And there were two millions of men out of work.

And C.H. shut up , he said

He would save his breath to cool his own porridge ,
But I didn't , and I went on plaguing Mr Bukos

Who said finally : " I am an orthodox
" Economist ".

Jesu Christo !

Standu nel paradiso terrestre

Pensando come si fesse compagna d'Adamo !!

And Mr H.B. wrote in to the office :

I would like to accept C.H's book

But it would make my own seem so out of date .

Heaven will protect

The lay reader . The whole fortune of
MacNarpen and Company is founded

Upon Palgrave's Golden Treasury . Nel paradiso terrestre

And all the material was used up , Jesu Christo,

And everything in its place , and nothing left over

To make una compagna d'Adamo . Come si fesse ?

E poi ha vishtu una volpe

And the tail of the volpe , the vixen ,

Fine , spreading and handsome , e pensava :

That will do for this business ;

And la volpe saw in his eye what was coming , e

Corre , volpe corre , Christu corre , volpecorre ,

Christucorre , e dav' un saltu , ed ha preso la coda

Della volpe , and the volpe wrenched loose

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He hadn't sold a damn shirt on the Tuesday.
And I met Yusuf and eight men in the calle ,
So I sez : Wot is the matter ,
And Yusuf said : Vairy foolish , it will
Be sefen an' seex for the summons
Mohamed want to sue heem for libel
To give all that to the court !

So I went off to Granada
And when I came back I saw Ginger, and I said :
What about it ?

And he said : O-ah, I geef heem a
Seex-pence. Customs of the <u>sha-ha-reef</u>,
And they were all there in the <u>lyceo</u>,
Cab drivers, and chaps from tobacco shops,
And Edward the Seventh's guide, and they were all
For secession.

Dance halls being closed at two in the morning,
By the governor's order. And another day on the pier
Was a fat fellah from Rhode Island, a-sayin':
" Bi Hek ! I been all thru Italy

An' ain't never been stuck !"
" But this place is plumb full er scoundrels."
And Yusuf said : Yais ? an' the reech man
In youah countree, haowa they get their money ;
They no go rob some poor pairsons ?
And the fat fellah shut up, and went off.

And Yusuf said : Woat, he iss all thru Eetaly
An' ee is nevair been stuck, ee ees a liar.
W'en I goa to some forain's country
I am stuck.

20 a
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Down at the court-house, behind the big patio
full of wistaria;

In the nigger in the red fez, Mustafa, on the boat later
An' I said to him: Yusuf, Yusuf's a good feller.
And he says:

"Yais, he ees a goot fello,
"But after all a chew

ees a chew."

And the judge says: That veil is too long.
And the girl takes off the veil
That she has stuck onto her hat with a pin,
"Not a veil." she says, "'at's a scarf."

And the judge says:
Don't you know you aren't allowed all those buttons?
And she says: Those ain't buttons, them's bobbles.
Can't you see there ain't any button-holes?
And the Judge says: Well, anyway, you're not allowed ermine.

"Ermine?" the girl says, "Not ermine, that' aint,
" 'At's lattittzo."

And the judge says: And just what is a lattittzo ?
And the girl says :

It's a animal.
Signori, you d go and enforce it.