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THE ELEPHANT TRIES TO RESCUE THE JACKASS, by                    
First Line: If elphie had been slow to think
Last Line: Down with autocracy.
Subject(s): Elephants


If Elphie had been slow to think
As Jackie-ass approached the brink
There might have been an awful stink
Around our foolish Jackie.

But wise old Elphie did not fail
To catch this Jackass by the tail
And thus prevent an awful wail
By the followers and 'filiates of Jackie.

But now we're told
'Tis hard to hold
This slippery tail of Jackie;
But when our dear old Elphie
Takes a strangle hold
On this slippery tail of Jackie,
You bet your life
He'll not let slip
But hold his grip
On this slippery tail of Jackie.

But assuming now
That after all
This Donk goes over the brink,
The question then will be, I think
What can we do to prevent a fall?

Now, economics
Will not mix
With dirty, rotten politics
And if we resort to some of the tricks
Of some of these politicians
You may be sure
We then shall be
In a hell of a fix (and very sick)
And in need of good physicians.

Come on, you patriotic band
Come on, and save the people of this land
And future generations
With your cry:
Up
With Democracy
And
Down with Autocracy.





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