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An Actor sits in doubtful gloom	A
His stock in trade unfurled	B
In a damp funereal dressing room	A
In the Theatre Royal World	B
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He comes to town at Christmas time	C
And braves its icy breath	D
To play in that favourite pantomime	C
HARLEQUIN LIFE AND DEATH	D
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A hoary flowing wig his weird	E
Unearthly cranium caps	F
He hangs a long benevolent beard	E
On a pair of empty chaps	F
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To smooth his ghastly features down	G
The actor's art he cribs	H
A long and a flowing padded gown	G
Bedecks his rattling ribs	H
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He cries Go on begin begin	I
Turn on the light of lime	C
I'm dressed for jolly Old Christmas in	I
A favourite pantomime	C
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The curtain's up the stage all black	J
Time and the year nigh sped	K
Time as an advertising quack	J
The Old Year nearly dead	K
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The wand of Time is waved and lo	L
Revealed Old Christmas stands	M
And little children chuckle and crow	L
And laugh and clap their hands	M
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The cruel old scoundrel brightens up	N
At the death of the Olden Year	O
And he waves a gorgeous golden cup	N
And bids the world good cheer	O
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The little ones hail the festive King	P
No thought can make them sad	Q
Their laughter comes with a sounding ring	P
They clap and crow like mad	Q
	-
They only see in the humbug old	R
A holiday every year	O
And handsome gifts and joys untold	R
And unaccustomed cheer	O
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The old ones palsied blear and hoar	S
Their breasts in anguish beat	T
They've seen him seventy times before	S
How well they know the cheat	T
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They've seen that ghastly pantomime	C
They've felt its blighting breath	D
They know that rollicking Christmas time	C
Meant Cold and Want and Death	D
	-
Starvation Poor Law Union fare	U
And deadly cramps and chills	V
And illness illness everywhere	U
And crime and Christmas bills	V
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They know Old Christmas well I ween	I
Those men of ripened age	W
They've often often often seen	I
That Actor off the stage	W
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They see in his gay rotundity	T
A clumsy stuffed out dress	X
They see in the cup he waves on high	Y
A tinselled emptiness	Z
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Those aged men so lean and wan	I
They've seen it all before	S
They know they'll see the charlatan	I
But twice or three times more	S
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And so they bear with dance and song	A2
And crimson foil and green	I
They wearily sit and grimly long	A2
For the Transformation Scene	I

William Schwenck Gilbert

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