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第13章 Ballad: The King Of Canoodle-Dum

The story of FREDERICK GOWLER,

A mariner of the sea,

Who quitted his ship, the HOWLER,

A-sailing in Caribbee.

For many a day he wandered,

Till he met in a state of rum

CALAMITY POP VON PEPPERMINT DROP,

The King of Canoodle-Dum.

That monarch addressed him gaily,

"Hum!

Golly de do to-day?

Hum!

Lily-white Buckra Sailee" -

(You notice his playful way?) -

"What dickens you doin' here, sar?

Why debbil you want to come?

Hum!

Picaninnee, dere isn't no sea

In City Canoodle-Dum!"

And GOWLER he answered sadly,

"Oh, mine is a doleful tale!

They've treated me werry badly

In Lunnon, from where I hail.

I'm one of the Family Royal -

No common Jack Tar you see;

I'm WILLIAM THE FOURTH, far up in the North,A King in my own countree!"

Bang-bang!

How the tom-toms thundered!

Bang-bang!

How they thumped this gongs!

Bang-bang!

How the people wondered!

Bang-bang!

At it hammer and tongs!

Alliance with Kings of Europe

Is an honour Canoodlers seek,

Her monarchs don't stop with PEPPERMINT DROPEvery day in the week!

FRED told them that he was undone,

For his people all went insane,

And fired the Tower of London,

And Grinnidge's Naval Fane.

And some of them racked St. James's,

And vented their rage upon

The Church of St. Paul, the Fishmongers' Hall,And the Angel at Islington.

CALAMITY POP implored him

In his capital to remain

Till those people of his restored him

To power and rank again.

CALAMITY POP he made him

A Prince of Canoodle-Dum,

With a couple of caves, some beautiful slaves,And the run of the royal rum.

Pop gave him his only daughter,

HUM PICKETY WIMPLE TIP:

FRED vowed that if over the water

He went, in an English ship,

He'd make her his Queen, - though truly

It is an unusual thing

For a Caribbee brat who's as black as your hatTo be wife of an English King.

And all the Canoodle-Dummers

They copied his rolling walk,

His method of draining rummers,

His emblematical talk.

For his dress and his graceful breeding,

His delicate taste in rum,

And his nautical way, were the talk of the dayIn the Court of Canoodle-Dum.

CALAMITY POP most wisely

Determined in everything

To model his Court precisely

On that of the English King;

And ordered that every lady

And every lady's lord

Should masticate jacky (a kind of tobaccy),And scatter its juice abroad.

They signified wonder roundly

At any astounding yarn,

By darning their dear eyes roundly

('T was all they had to darn).

They "hoisted their slacks," adjusting

Garments of plantain-leaves

With nautical twitches (as if they wore breeches,Instead of a dress like EVE'S!)

They shivered their timbers proudly,

At a phantom forelock dragged,

And called for a hornpipe loudly

Whenever amusement flagged.

"Hum!

Golly! him POP resemble,

Him Britisher sov'reign, hum!

CALAMITY POP VON PEPPERMINT DROP,

De King of Canoodle-Dum!"

The mariner's lively "Hollo!"

Enlivened Canoodle's plain

(For blessings unnumbered follow

In Civilization's train).

But Fortune, who loves a bathos,

A terrible ending planned,

For ADMIRAL D. CHICKABIDDY, C.B.,

Placed foot on Canoodle land!

That rebel, he seized KING GOWLER,

He threatened his royal brains,

And put him aboard the HOWLER,

And fastened him down with chains.

The HOWLER she weighed her anchor,

With FREDERICK nicely nailed,

And off to the North with WILLIAM THE FOURTHThese horrible pirates sailed.

CALAMITY said (with folly),

"Hum! nebber want him again -

Him civilize all of us, golly!

CALAMITY suck him brain!"

The people, however, were pained when

They saw him aboard his ship,

But none of them wept for their FREDDY, exceptHUM PICKETY WIMPLE TIP.

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