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Page 401
... Blue . Joe , just you kool ' em - nice and skew Upon our old meogginee , Now ain't they utterly too - too ? They're better than a pot'n ' a screw , They're equal to a Sunday spree , Them flymy little bits of Blue ! Suppose I put ' em up ...
... Blue . Joe , just you kool ' em - nice and skew Upon our old meogginee , Now ain't they utterly too - too ? They're better than a pot'n ' a screw , They're equal to a Sunday spree , Them flymy little bits of Blue ! Suppose I put ' em up ...
Page 778
... blue , Sacrebleu ! Ventrebleu ! What a horrible journey from Moscow ! What then thought the Emperor Nap Upon the road from Moscow ? Why , I ween he thought it small delight To fight all day , and to freeze all night ; And he was besides ...
... blue , Sacrebleu ! Ventrebleu ! What a horrible journey from Moscow ! What then thought the Emperor Nap Upon the road from Moscow ? Why , I ween he thought it small delight To fight all day , and to freeze all night ; And he was besides ...
Page 863
... blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . II They sailed away in a sieve , they did , In a sieve they sailed so fast , With only a beautiful pea - green veil Tied with a ribbon by way of a sail , To a small tobacco - pipe mast . And ...
... blue ; And they went to sea in a sieve . II They sailed away in a sieve , they did , In a sieve they sailed so fast , With only a beautiful pea - green veil Tied with a ribbon by way of a sail , To a small tobacco - pipe mast . And ...
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