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Show "POLLY TICKLE." A Youne Lockenbooth is come out of the westl Among the wild reps, this rep. took the best; And save hiB sharp eyes, he weapons had none, He came all unharmed, and he came not alone. So faithful a rep, and so dauntless forsooth There never was knight like young Lockenbooth. So boldly he entered the New lley-nolds lley-nolds hall 'Mong dems , and reps, and hoodlums, hood-lums, and all, Then spoke this wild rep. and he pawed and he roared, And the poor nervous chairman said never a word. "I have wed 'Polly Tickle,' she now is my bride, I shall keep her hereafter, close by my side; And now, am I come with this lost pive of mine To say a tew words, ah, to speak a short time. There are democrat maidens as lovely forsooth Who would gladly be bride to Young LockenBooth," So Btately his form, so noble his pose. The rep's all laughed when thiB gallant arose. To the right he would glare, to the left he would stare, While Frankie arranged his own beautiful hair, And the people all whispered "t'were better forsooth, If fair 'Polly Tickle' hadn't wed Lockenbooth." Po daring in politics, so shy of the truth, Have ye hear.! a braggart like young Locken Booth? Half a block, half a block, Half a block onward; Into Eeynold's new hall Went the eight hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon among them, Eoared and thundered. Was there a man dismayed? Not though the people knew Allen had blundered. Flashed Frankle's diamond base, Flashed as they whirled in air Twirling his raven hair, Charging the democrats thero Of leaving the treasury bare. While all the dems. wondered. Loudly ho talked, and well, Till he had no more to tell, While they who had sat so well Left the hall pell-mell. All that was left of tham, Left of eight hundred. Can Frankie's beauty fade? O, the wild speech he made, O, forget this wild tirade, Noble eight hundred. Andie. MapletonrOctober 8, 1895. |