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Pure love produces pure nonsense.
Pure love produces pure nonsense.
 When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
 He took him a sheep skin to make him a' read more 
 When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
 He took him a sheep skin to make him a' one.
  "With the skinny side out, and the wooly side in,
   'Twill be warm and convanient," said Bryan O'Lynn. 
Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect
Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect
 Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and 
then is pleasant.
 [Lat., Misce stultitiam read more 
 Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and 
then is pleasant.
 [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
  Dulce est desipere in loco.] 
 Conductor, when you receive a fare,
 Punch in the presence of the passenjare.
  A blue trip slip read more 
 Conductor, when you receive a fare,
 Punch in the presence of the passenjare.
  A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
   A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,
    A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,
     Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
      Punch, brothers! punch with care!
       Punch in the presence of the passenjare! 
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance
 He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
 Of the skin he made him mittens,
  Made them with the fur read more 
 He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
 Of the skin he made him mittens,
  Made them with the fur side inside,
   Made them with the skin side outside.
    He, to get the warm side inside,
     Put the inside skin side outside;
      He, to get the cold side outside,
       Put the warm side fur side inside.
        That's why he put the fur side inside,
         Why he put the skin side outside,
          Why he turned them inside outside. 
 A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does 
not mis-become a monarch.  
 A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does 
not mis-become a monarch.