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Cartoon from Punch. It was printed with the following short article:
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- "A HUMOROUS KNIGHT."
["It is reported that after the Leeds Festival Dr. Sullivan will be knighted." Having read this in a column of gossip, a be-nighted Contributor, who has " the Judge's Song" on the brain, suggests the following verse, adapted to probabilities.]
- As a boy I had such a musical bump,
- And its size so struck Mr. HELMORE,
- That he said, "Though you sing those songs like a trump,
- You shall write some yourself that will sell more."
- So I packed off to Leipsic, without looking back,
- And returned in such classical fury,
- That I sat down with HANDEL and HAYDN and BACH,—
- And turned out "Trial by Jury."
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- But W.S.G. he jumped for joy
- As he said, "Though the job dismay you,
- Send Exeter Hall to the deuce, my boy;
- It's the haul with me that'll pay you."
- And we hauled so well, mid jeers and taunts,
- That we've settled, spite all temptations,
- To stick to our Sisters and our Cousins and our Aunts,—
- And continue our pleasant relations.
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- Yet I know a big Duke, and I've written for Leeds,
- And I think (I don't wish to be snarly),
- If honour's poured out on a chap for his deeds,
- I'm as good—come, as MONCKTON or CHARLEY!
- So the next "first night" and the Opéra C.,
- Let's hope, if you're able to find him,
- You'll cry from the pit, "There's W. S. G.
- In the stalls,—with a KNIGHT behind him!'"
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Date |
30 October 1880 |
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Punch, or the London Charivari |
Author |
Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910) |
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