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The Landing	A
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Just the place for a Snark the Bellman cried	B
As he landed his crew with care	C
Supporting each man on the top of the tide	B
By a finger entwined in his hair	C
Just the place for a Snark I have said it twice	D
That alone should encourage the crew	E
Just the place for a Snark I have said it thrice	D
What I tell you three times is true	E
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The crew was complete it included a Boots	F
A maker of Bonnets and Hoods	G
A Barrister brought to arrange their disputes	F
And a Broker to value their goods	G
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A Billiard marker whose skill was immense	H
Might perhaps have won more than his share	C
But a Banker engaged at enormous expense	H
Had the whole of their cash in his care	C
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There was also a Beaver that paced on the deck	I
Or would sit making lace in the bow	J
And had often the Bellman said saved them from wreck	I
Though none of the sailors knew how	J
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There was one who was famed for the number of things	K
He forgot when he entered the ship	L
His umbrella his watch all his jewels and rings	K
And the clothes he had bought for the trip	L
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He had forty two boxes all carefully packed	M
With his name painted clearly on each	N
But since he omitted to mention the fact	M
They were all left behind on the beach	N
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The loss of his clothes hardly mattered because	O
He had seven coats on when he came	P
With three pair of boots but the worst of is was	Q
He had wholly forgotten his name	P
	-
He would answer to Hi or to any loud cry	R
Such as Fry me or Fritter my wig	S
To What you may call um or What was his name	P
But especially Thing um a jig	S
	-
While for those who preferred a more forcible word	T
He had different names from these	U
His intimate friends called him Candle ends	V
And his enemies Toasted cheese	U
	-
His form is ungainly his intellect small	W
So the Bellman would often remark	X
But his courage is perfect And that after all	W
Is the thing that one needs with a Snark	X
	-
He would joke with hyaenas returning their stare	C
With an impudent wag of the head	Y
And he once went a walk paw in paw with a bear	C
Just to keep up its spirits he said	Y
	-
He came as a Baker but owned when too late	Z
And it drove the poor Bellman half mad	A2
He could only bake Bridecake for which I may state	Z
No materials were to be had	A2
	-
The last of the crew needs especial remark	X
Though he looked an incredible dunce	U
He had just one idea but that one being Snark	X
The good Bellman engaged him at once	U
	-
He came as a Butcher but gravely declared	B2
When the ship had been sailing a week	X
He could only kill Beavers The Bellman looked scared	B2
And was almost too frightened to speak	X
	-
But at length he explained in a tremulous tone	C2
There was only one Beaver on board	D2
And that was a tame one he had of his own	C2
Whose death would be deeply deplored	D2
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The Beaver who happened to hear the remark	X
Protested with tears in its eyes	U
That not even the rapture of hunting the Snark	X
Could atone for that dismal surprise	U
	-
It strongly advised that the Butcher should be	E2
Conveyed in a separate ship	L
But the Bellman declared that would never agree	E2
With the plans he had made for the trip	L
	-
Navigation was always a difficult art	F2
Though with only one ship and one bell	G2
And he feared he must really decline for his part	F2
Undertaking another as well	G2
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The Beaver's best course was no doubt to procure	H2
A second hand dagger proof coat	I2
So the baker advised it and next to insure	H2
Its life in some Office of note	I2
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This the Baker suggested and offered for hire	J2
On moderate terms or for sale	K2
Two excellent Policies one Against Fire	J2
And one Against Damage From Hail	K2
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Yet still ever after that sorrowful day	L2
Whenever the Butcher was by	R
The Beaver kept looking the opposite way	L2
And appeared unaccountably shy	R

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