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I would be your wife most gladly!
(Here she twirled her fingers madly,)
But in England I've a mate!
Yes! you've asked me far too late,
For in England I've a mate.

— Edward Lear The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bongy-Bò (1877)

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"Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."

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It's a fact the whole world knows,
That Pebbles are happier without their toes.

They sailed away for a year and a day
To the land where the bong-tree grows.

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Who, or why, or which, or what,
Is the Akond of Swat?

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

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