In Other Words
Now those are the things that Christmas brings, the things of the tide of Yule,
And that is the way of that dreadsome day, as it goes by the swerveless rule!
And that is the way of that dreadsome day, as it goes by the swerveless rule!
(In Hood’s worst manner.)
JOCOSE JOE STENCIL
A Bathetic Ballad
Joe Stencil was a nice young man,
And eke a shipping clerk,
Although he’d often work to love,
He never loved to work.
And eke a shipping clerk,
Although he’d often work to love,
He never loved to work.
One day he met with Minnie Brown,
And fain would be her lover,
But Minnie overlooked him quite,
Although he looked her over.
And fain would be her lover,
But Minnie overlooked him quite,
Although he looked her over.
“O Minnie Brown! O Minnie Brown!
Why think you not of me?”
“The more I think of you,” she said,
“The less I think,” said she.
Why think you not of me?”
“The more I think of you,” she said,
“The less I think,” said she.
“O Minnie Brown! O Minnie Brown!
I think it would be proper,
Although I but a shipper am,
If I should be a shopper.
I think it would be proper,
Although I but a shipper am,
If I should be a shopper.
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