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THE GREAT PANJANDRUM HIMSELF by ANONYMOUS

First Line: SO SHE WENT INTO THE GARDEN
Last Line: TILL THE GUNPOWDER RAN OUT AT THE HEELS OF THEIR BOOTS
So she went into the garden
to cut a cabbage-leaf
to make an apple-pie;
and at the same time
a great she-bear, coming down the street,
pops its head into the shop.
What! no soap?
So he died,
and she very imprudently married the Barber.
And there were present
the Picninnies,
and the Jobillies,
and the Garyulies,
and the great Panjandrum himself,
with the little round button at top;
and they all fell to playing the game
of catch-as-catch-can,
till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.






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