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Fast flew the hours We may not tell	B
Of William's weary quest	C
How round the outskirts of the town	D
He roamed like one possessed	C
Nor with what guileful arts he plied	E
The foreign interest	F
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Enough that at the appointed hour	G
With backers at his back	H
He faced the noble Bossaroo	G
Still hypochondriac	H
And introduced his witnesses	I
A yellow and a black	H
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A placid eyed Mongolian	J
From sandy Pechelee	B
Who'd stimulate an inch of soil	B
To do the work of three	G
Or make a metamorphic rock	K
Sprout into cabbagee	L
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A big buck nigger next who once	M
Bowed down to stocks and stones	N
For years digested captives formed	O
The tissue of his bones	N
But now he is an Anglican	J
Who a live Bissop owns	N
Besides a gorgeous suit of slops	N
And the proud name of Jones	N
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Slow rose the lordly Bossaroo	G
And bade unveil their eyes	N
And when those aliens gazed around	P
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On all that dread assize	N
They howled in unison and made	Q
Night hideous with their cries	N
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For Bill had lured them lyingly	B
But why should we explain	R
The whole thing was exceptional	B
And can't occur again	S
Besides to poke at mysteries	N
Is wanton and profane	R
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With single will they turned on Bill	B
And blazed his evil name	T
With double tongue their charge they flung	U
And swore unto the same	T
With treble spite did both unite	V
To spoil his little game	T
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Me see him catchee kangaloo	B
Deponed on oath Ah Chee	G
Me see him hi hst soolem dog	W
No mind my cabbagee	L
Me lose hap clown him knockee down	D
Ten twenty lettucee	N
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Massoopy Bill him wicked boy	X
Deponed the South Sea swell	B
Two moon come Bissop preach in church	Y
Him loaf outside an' yell	B
Me run him run me catch him say	N
Tree scalp if you no tell	B
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So when the learn d clerk had both	Z
Their depositions read	A2
The judge drew forth his judgment cap	B2
And put it on his head	A2
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And sentenced poor Marsupial Bill	B
To hang till he was dead	A2
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But since so spake the Bossaroo	G
From evidence we know	C2
That many a scalped and gory head	A2
This night through him lies low	C2
We'll scalp him first and all the house	N
Nem con cried Be it so	C2
And as a sign and seal of doom	D2
Turned down the right thumb toe	C2
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With his own knife the Boss resumed	E2
Ah Chee shall do the deed	F2
The gods poetic justice love	G2
And make the assassin bleed	F2
By his own proper instrument	H2
Mongolian proceed	F2
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What followed next who gave the word	I2
For mate to link with mate	J2
Nor Bill nor Jones nor yet Ah Chee	G
Can very clearly state	J2
But that 'twas a corroboree	G
All three corroborate	J2
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In vain poor William prayed in vain	R
His suppliant knees he bowed	K2
And by a pile of sacred names	N
For mercy cried aloud	K2
The point was at his occiput	K2
When lo from out the crowd	K2
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Stepped forth a rare and radiant dame	T
The Boss's pride and stay	K2
The dam of Boss rovitch	G
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Still young though somewhat gray	K2
An elegant marsupial	B
Well mannered bien n e	G
Stepped forth before them and remarked	K2
Seductively Belay	B
Then kneeling by the judgment seat	K2
Thus sweetly said her say	K2
Most Noble Grand have you forgot	K2
That this is Christmas Day	K2
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Beseech you bid that heathen hand	K2
Withhold the bloody knife	L2
Recall your fearful words of doom	D2
Nay turn not from your wife	L2
But give me as a Christmas Box	N
The little captive's life	L2
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Then quickly from his granite throne	M2
Down leaped the Noble Grand	K2
And kneeling kissed right courteously	B
His royal lady's hand	K2
Then as he raised her up pronounced	K2
The joyful countermand	K2
Whereat the rest turned up their toes	N
That Bill might understand	K2
The Congress willed his days should yet	K2
Be long upon the land	K2
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Then raged the revelry anew	N2
With sound of drum and fife	L2
The Boss himself forgot his woes	N
And danced as if for life	L2
While the old clerk forgot himself	O2
And kissed the Boss's wife	L2
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And when there fell a weariness	N
On all the panting throng	P2
And Bossaroo and ancient clerk	Q2
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Alike had nigh gone bong	R2
Amid a jaded pause was heard	K2
A call for Joey's Song	P2
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And presently a little head	K2
As from a little nest	K2
Peeped o'er a snug maternal pouch	G
And sang its little best	K2
The song is very rare and full	B
Of antique interest	K2
What does little Joey say	K2
In his pouch at peep of day	K2
Let me hop says little Joey	G
Mother let me hop away	K2
Joey rest a little longer	G
Till the little legs are stronger	G
So he rests a little longer	G
Then he gaily hops away	K2
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He ceased the pre diluvian clerk	Q2
Rose on his quivering shanks	N
And with a well turned compliment	K2
Proposed a vote of thanks	N
Just then a breathless picket broke	S2
All gory through the ranks	N
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But ere his trembling tongue had time	T2
To tell his tale of woe	C2
And why thus grimly he disturbed	K2
The happy status quo	C2
With giant bound Bill's faithful hound	K2
Leaped madly on the foe	C2
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Ah then and there was sudden scare	G
The swiftest took the lead	K2
Ah there and then but oh the pen	S
Is impotent indeed	K2
Oh would I had an artist man	U2
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To show the Great Stampede	K2
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What next befell may somewhat strain	R
The limits of belief	V2
But where so many marvels are	G
Why boggle at the chief	V2
'Twere shame if lack of faith should cause	N
Our moral come to grief	V2
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From all the flying ruck the dog	W
Had singled out the Queen	W2
Another instant and the Boss	N
A widower had been	X2
When that's a pithy saw that bids	N
Expect the unforeseen	W2
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BILL CALLED HIM OFF The dog drew back	H
And on a boulder leant	K2
'Twas months ago and still that dog	W
Is pondering the event	K2
And even to this very hour	G
Can't fathom what it meant	K2
It was a thing so utterly	G
Without a precedent	K2
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But Bill the Chinaman and Jones	N
The Queen and you and I	Y2
We know the secret of the change	L
We know the reason why	Y2
And may I be allowed to add	K2
The moral hangs thereby	Y2
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But since nor boy nor man receives	N
Advice without a pang	Z2
And this narrator's muse has failed	K2
To catch the proper twang	R2
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The moral hanging plainly there	G
Suppose we let it hang	Z2