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460 Collectanea.

"Jack the Ripper's dead, And lying on his bed, He cut his throat With Sunlight soap, Jack the Ripper's dead."

Of course this is pronounced Scottish fashion so that " dead " sounds Uke "deed," etc.^

" Rock, rock, bubbly jock, Waken me at ten o'clock, Ten o'clock is too soon. Waken me in the afternoon."

R. C. Maclagan. {To be continued.)

^[This must be very modern. Ed.]

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