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Punch - Sullivan's knighthood.png
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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.]
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As a boy I had such a musical bump,
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And its size so struck Mr. H
ELMORE
,
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That he said, "Though you sing those songs like a trump,
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You shall write some yourself that will sell more."
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So I packed off to Leipsic, without
looking back,
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And returned in such classical fury,
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That I sat down with H
ANDEL
and H
AYDN
and B
ACH
,—
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And turned out "
Trial by Jury.
"
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But W.S.G. he jumped for joy
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As he said, "Though the job dismay you,
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Send Exeter Hall to the deuce, my boy;
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It's the
haul
with me that'll pay you."
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And we hauled so well, mid jeers and taunts,
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That we've settled, spite all temptations,
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To stick to our Sisters and our Cousins and our Aunts,—
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And continue our pleasant relations.
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Yet I know a big Duke, and I've written for Leeds,
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And I think (I don't wish to be snarly),
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If honour's poured out on a chap for his deeds,
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I'm as good—come, as M
ONCKTON
or C
HARLEY
!
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So the next "first night" and the Opéra C.,
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Let's hope, if you're able to find him,
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You'll cry from the pit, "There's W. S. G.
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In the stalls,—
with a
K
NIGHT
behind him!'"
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