RB

Quotes by Rev. Barham

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And a nice little boy had a nice cake of soap, / Worthy of washing the hands of the Pope.
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And six little singing-boys, - dear little souls! / In nice clean faces, and nice white stoles.
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Ah, ha! my good friend! - Don't you wish you may get it?
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The Lady Jane was tall and slim, / The Lady Jane was fair.
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And then he hitched his trousers up, as is, I'm told, their use, / - It's very odd that Sailor-men should wear those things so loose.
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He had no little handkerchief to wipe his little nose.
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Never was heard such a terrible curse ! ! / But what gave rise / To no little surprise, / Nobody seemed one penny the worse!
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She drank prussic acid without any water,/ And died like a Duke-and-a-Duchess's daughter!