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THE PANSY WEDDING
For Laura Wheeler
Oh once I ate a pansy bud
When I was short of bread:
The rascal had been drinking dew;
The liquor filled my head.
When I was short of bread:
The rascal had been drinking dew;
The liquor filled my head.
I saw a pansy king and queen
And dowager sail by:
The haughty dowager was fat:
The little queen was spry.
And dowager sail by:
The haughty dowager was fat:
The little queen was spry.
The stately king was like a cloud
In lazy summer days:
He stood beside his pansy girl
And whispered solemn praise.
In lazy summer days:
He stood beside his pansy girl
And whispered solemn praise.
I forgot that I was hungry
His cooing was so grand:
She slapped him when he kissed her
And tried to hold her hand.
His cooing was so grand:
She slapped him when he kissed her
And tried to hold her hand.
I almost died a-laughing
At the funny things she said.
So feed your lover pansy buds
When you are short of bread.
At the funny things she said.
So feed your lover pansy buds
When you are short of bread.
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