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DON'T they consult the 'Victims ' though	A
I said They should by rights	B
Give them a chance because you know	A
The tastes of people differ so	A
Especially in Sprites	A
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The Phantom shook his head and smiled	C
Consult them Not a bit	D
'Twould be a job to drive one wild	C
To satisfy one single child	C
There'd be no end to it	D
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Of course you can't leave CHILDREN free	E
Said I to pick and choose	A
But in the case of men like me	E
I think 'Mine Host' might fairly be	E
Allowed to state his views	A
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He said It really wouldn't pay	F
Folk are so full of fancies	A
We visit for a single day	F
And whether then we go or stay	F
Depends on circumstances	A
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And though we don't consult 'Mine Host'	F
Before the thing's arranged	F
Still if he often quits his post	F
Or is not a well mannered Ghost	F
Then you can have him changed	F
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But if the host's a man like you	G
I mean a man of sense	A
And if the house is not too new	G
Why what has THAT said I to do	G
With Ghost's convenience	A
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A new house does not suit you know	A
It's such a job to trim it	F
But after twenty years or so	A
The wainscotings begin to go	A
So twenty is the limit	F
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To trim was not a phrase I could	F
Remember having heard	F
Perhaps I said you'll be so good	F
As tell me what is understood	F
Exactly by that word	F
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It means the loosening all the doors	A
The Ghost replied and laughed	F
It means the drilling holes by scores	A
In all the skirting boards and floors	A
To make a thorough draught	F
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You'll sometimes find that one or two	G
Are all you really need	F
To let the wind come whistling through	G
But HERE there'll be a lot to do	G
I faintly gasped Indeed	F
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If I 'd been rather later I'll	H
Be bound I added trying	I
Most unsuccessfully to smile	H
You'd have been busy all this while	H
Trimming and beautifying	I
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Why no said he perhaps I should	F
Have stayed another minute	F
But still no Ghost that's any good	F
Without an introduction would	F
Have ventured to begin it	F
	-
The proper thing as you were late	F
Was certainly to go	I
But with the roads in such a state	F
I got the Knight Mayor's leave to wait	F
For half an hour or so	I
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Who's the Knight Mayor I cried Instead	F
Of answering my question	J
Well if you don't know THAT he said	F
Either you never go to bed	F
Or you've a grand digestion	J
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He goes about and sits on folk	I
That eat too much at night	F
His duties are to pinch and poke	I
And squeeze them till they nearly choke	I
I said It serves them right	F
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And folk who sup on things like these	A
He muttered eggs and bacon	J
Lobster and duck and toasted cheese	A
If they don't get an awful squeeze	A
I'm very much mistaken	J
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He is immensely fat and so	I
Well suits the occupation	J
In point of fact if you must know	I
We used to call him years ago	I
THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION	J
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The day he was elected Mayor	K
I KNOW that every Sprite meant	F
To vote for ME but did not dare	L
He was so frantic with despair	L
And furious with excitement	F
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When it was over for a whim	M
He ran to tell the King	I
And being the reverse of slim	M
A two mile trot was not for him	M
A very easy thing	I
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So to reward him for his run	J
As it was baking hot	F
And he was over twenty stone	N
The King proceeded half in fun	J
To knight him on the spot	F
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'Twas a great liberty to take	I
I fired up like a rocket	F
He did it just for punning's sake	I
'The man ' says Johnson 'that would make	I
A pun would pick a pocket '	-
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A man said he is not a King	I
I argued for a while	H
And did my best to prove the thing	I
The Phantom merely listening	I
With a contemptuous smile	H
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At last when breath and patience spent	F
I had recourse to smoking	I
Your AIM he said is excellent	F
But when you call it ARGUMENT	F
Of course you're only joking	I
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Stung by his cold and snaky eye	O
I roused myself at length	P
To say At least I do defy	O
The veriest sceptic to deny	O
That union is strength	P
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That's true enough said he yet stay	F
I listened in all meekness	I
UNION is strength I'm bound to say	I
In fact the thing's as clear as day	I
But ONIONS are a weakness	I

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