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The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies	A
Such a carriage such ease and such grace	B
Such solemnity too One could see he was wise	A
The moment one looked in his face	B
He had bought a large map representing the sea	C
Without the least vestige of land	D
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be	C
A map they could all understand	D
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What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators	E
Tropics Zones and Meridian Lines	F
So the Bellman would cry and the crew would reply	G
They are merely conventional signs	F
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Other maps are such shapes with their islands and capes	H
But we've got our brave Captain to thank	I
So the crew would protest that he's bought us the best	J
A perfect and absolute blank	I
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This was charming no doubt but they shortly found out	K
That the Captain they trusted so well	L
Had only one notion for crossing the ocean	M
And that was to tingle his bell	L
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He was thoughtful and grave but the orders he gave	N
Were enough to bewilder a crew	O
When he cried Steer to starboard but keep her head larboard	K
What on earth was the helmsman to do	K
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Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes	P
A thing as the Bellman remarked	K
That frequently happens in tropical climes	P
When a vessel is so to speak snarked	K
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But the principal failing occurred in the sailing	Q
And the Bellman perplexed and distressed	K
Said he had hoped at least when the wind blew due East	K
That the ship would not travel due West	K
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But the danger was past they had landed at last	K
With their boxes portmanteaus and bags	R
Yet at first sight the crew were not pleased with the view	K
Which consisted of chasms and crags	R
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The Bellman perceived that their spirits were low	S
And repeated in musical tone	T
Some jokes he had kept for a season of woe	S
But the crew would do nothing but groan	T
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He served out some grog with a liberal hand	K
And bade them sit down on the beach	U
And they could not but own that their Captain looked grand	K
As he stood and delivered his speech	U
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Friends Romans and countrymen lend me your ears	R
They were all of them fond of quotations	R
So they drank to his health and they gave him three cheers	R
While he served out additional rations	R
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We have sailed many months we have sailed many weeks	R
Four weeks to the month you may mark	V
But never as yet 'tis your Captain who speaks	R
Have we caught the least glimpse of a Snark	V
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We have sailed many weeks we have sailed many days	R
Seven days to the week I allow	W
But a Snark on the which we might lovingly gaze	R
We have never beheld till now	W
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Come listen my men while I tell you again	X
The five unmistakable marks	R
By which you may know wheresoever you go	V
The warranted genuine Snarks	R
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Let us take them in order The first is the taste	K
Which is meagre and hollow but crisp	Y
Like a coat that is rather too tight in the waist	K
With a flavour of Will o' the Wisp	Y
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Its habit of getting up late you'll agree	C
That it carries too far when I say	R
That it frequently breakfasts at five o'clock tea	C
And dines on the following day	R
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The third is its slowness in taking a jest	K
Should you happen to venture on one	M
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed	K
And it always looks grave at a pun	M
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The fourth is its fondness for bathing machines	R
Which it constantly carries about	K
And believes that they add to the beauty of scenes	R
A sentiment open to doubt	K
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The fifth is ambition It next will be right	K
To describe each particular batch	Z
Distinguishing those that have feathers and bite	K
From those that have whiskers and scratch	Z
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For although common Snarks do no manner of harm	A2
Yet I feel it my duty to say	R
Some are Boojums The Bellman broke off in alarm	A2
For the Baker had fainted away	R

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