How we backed the Favourite
How we backed the Favourite “Sure thing,” said the grocer; “as far as I know, sir, This horse, Peter Pan, is the safest of certs.” “I […]
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Hymn of Futility Lord, Thou hast given unto us a land. In Thy beneficence Thou has ordained That we should hold a country great and grand, […]
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I Dips me Lid “Young sir,” ‘E sez . . . Like that . . . It made me feel Romantic like, as if me dream […]
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I wonder I wonder what the Jacks have got to laugh and laugh about. I’m sure the worms don’t see the joke when Jacky digs them […]
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In Spadger’s Lane Ole Mother Moon ‘oo yanks ‘er beamin’ dile Acrost the sky when we’ve grown sick o’ day, She’s like some fat ole Jane […]
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Ingavar O, the trees grow straight and the trees grow tall, And the trees grow all around; And the long limbs sprout the trunks about, Where […]
READ MOREIntroducing the Day Family
Introducing the Day Family Sun Day is a simple child, Face new washed and shining; In the morning prim and mild – Church and mid-day dining. […]
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Introduction to Ginger Mick Jist to intraj’uice me cobber, an ‘is name is Ginger Mick – A rorty boy, a naughty boy, wiv rude impressions thick […]
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Jim “Now, be the Hokey Fly!” sez Peter Begg. “Suppose ‘e comes ‘ome with a wooden leg. Suppose ‘e isn’t fit to darnce at all, Then, […]
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Joi, the Glug The Glugs abide in a far, far land That is partly pebbles and stones and sand But mainly earth of a chocolate hue, […]
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