A little book of tribune verse A number of hitherto uncollected poems, grave and gay |
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THE COVENTRY LEGEND. |
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THE COVENTRY LEGEND.
There was a wife in Coventry
Whose name was Mrs. Brown,
Her husband was a hightoned bird,
The Mayor of the town.
Whose name was Mrs. Brown,
Her husband was a hightoned bird,
The Mayor of the town.
He did misuse the people so,
It raised an awful storm,
Till Mrs. Brown declared she would
Inaugurate reform.
It raised an awful storm,
Till Mrs. Brown declared she would
Inaugurate reform.
The old gent said he'd yield him to
The prayers of Mrs. Brown,
If she would ride upon a mule
All naked through the town.
The prayers of Mrs. Brown,
If she would ride upon a mule
All naked through the town.
She quick did let the people know,
The promise of old Brown,
And they unto their houses hied,
While she rode through the town.
The promise of old Brown,
And they unto their houses hied,
While she rode through the town.
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But one old rooster, bald and grey,
Upon his knees went down,
And peeped out through the keyhole at
The disrobed Mrs. Brown.
Upon his knees went down,
And peeped out through the keyhole at
The disrobed Mrs. Brown.
Straightway his eyes fell out, and he
Forever more was blind,
And ever after lived a life
Detested by mankind.
Forever more was blind,
And ever after lived a life
Detested by mankind.
But always to his dying day,
That ornery rooster bald,
The sight of glowing Mrs. Brown
With unfeigned bliss recalled.
That ornery rooster bald,
The sight of glowing Mrs. Brown
With unfeigned bliss recalled.
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