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 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 so good only because common sense is so limited
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited
 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. 
 There's a skin without and a skin within,
 A covering skin and a lining skin,
  But the read more 
 There's a skin without and a skin within,
 A covering skin and a lining skin,
  But the skin within is the skin without
   Doubled and carried complete throughout. 
Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.
Benjamin Hardlysee decided to point it out to me.
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men
A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men
 A little nonsense now and then
 Is relished by the wisest men.  
 A little nonsense now and then
 Is relished by the wisest men. 
 How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
 Who has written such volumes of stuff!
  Some think him ill-tempered read more 
 How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!
 Who has written such volumes of stuff!
  Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
   But a few think him pleasant enough.