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Old PETER led a wretched life	A
Old PETER had a furious wife	A
Old PETER too was truly stout	B
He measured several yards about	B
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The little fairy PICKLEKIN	C
One summer afternoon looked in	C
And said Old PETER how de do	D
Can I do anything for you	D
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I have three gifts the first will give	E
Unbounded riches while you live	F
The second health where'er you be	G
The third invisibility	G
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O little fairy PICKLEKIN	C
Old PETER answered with a grin	C
To hesitate would be absurd	H
Undoubtedly I choose the third	H
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'Tis yours the fairy said be quite	I
Invisible to mortal sight	I
Whene'er you please Remember me	G
Most kindly pray to MRS P	G
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Old MRS PETER overheard	H
Wee PICKLEKIN'S concluding word	H
And jealous of her girlhood's choice	J
Said That was some young woman's voice	J
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Old PETER let her scold and swear	K
Old PETER bless him didn't care	K
My dear your rage is wasted quite	I
Observe I disappear from sight	I
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A well bred fairy so I've heard	H
Is always faithful to her word	H
Old PETER vanished like a shot	L
Put then HIS SUIT OF CLOTHES DID NOT	L
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For when conferred the fairy slim	M
Invisibility on HIM	M
She popped away on fairy wings	N
Without referring to his things	N
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So there remained a coat of blue	D
A vest and double eyeglass too	D
His tail his shoes his socks as well	O
His pair of no I must not tell	O
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Old MRS PETER soon began	C
To see the failure of his plan	C
And then resolved I quote the Bard	P
To hoist him with his own petard	H
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Old PETER woke next day and dressed	Q
Put on his coat and shoes and vest	Q
His shirt and stock BUT COULD NOT FIND	R
HIS ONLY PAIR OF never mind	R
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Old PETER was a decent man	C
And though he twigged his lady's plan	C
Yet hearing her approaching he	G
Resumed invisibility	G
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Dear MRS P my only joy	S
Exclaimed the horrified old boy	S
Now give them up I beg of you	D
You know what I'm referring to	D
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But no the cross old lady swore	T
She'd keep his what I said before	T
To make him publicly absurd	H
And MRS PETER kept her word	H
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The poor old fellow had no rest	Q
His coat his stick his shoes his vest	Q
Were all that now met mortal eye	U
The rest invisibility	G
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Now madam give them up I beg	V
I've had rheumatics in my leg	V
Besides until you do it's plain	C
I cannot come to sight again	C
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For though some mirth it might afford	W
To see my clothes without their lord	W
Yet there would rise indignant oaths	X
If he were seen without his clothes	X
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But no resolved to have her quiz	Y
The lady held her own and his	Y
And PETER left his humble cot	L
To find a pair of you know what	Z
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But here's the worst of the affair	K
Whene'er he came across a pair	K
Already placed for him to don	C
He was too stout to get them on	C
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So he resolved at once to train	C
And walked and walked with all his main	C
For years he paced this mortal earth	A2
To bring himself to decent girth	A2
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At night when all around is still	B2
You'll find him pounding up a hill	B2
And shrieking peasants whom he meets	C2
Fall down in terror on the peats	C2
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Old PETER walks through wind and rain	C
Resolved to train and train and train	C
Until he weighs twelve stone' or so	C2
And when he does I'll let you know	C2

William Schwenck Gilbert

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