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LINES TO A FRIEND AT COBHAM by THOMAS HOOD

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First Line: TIS PLEASANT, WHEN WE'VE ABSENT FRIENDS
Last Line: REMEMBER ME AT COBHAM!

'TIS pleasant, when we've absent friends,
Sometimes to hob and knob 'em
With Memory's glass -- at such a pass
Remember me at Cobham!

Have pigs you will, and sometimes kill,
But if you sigh and sob 'em,
And cannot eat your home-grown meat,
Remember me at Cobham!

Of hen and cock you'll have a stock,
And death will oft unthrob 'em, --
A country chick is good to pick --
Remember me at Cobham!

Some orchard trees of course you'll lease,
And boys will sometimes rob 'em,
A friend (you know) before a foe --
Remember me at Cobham!

You'll sometimes have wax-lighted rooms,
And friends of course to mob 'em,
Should you be short of such a sort,
Remember me at Cobham!



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