StNicholas [serial] . Oh, blithely on the bango-bush the poojum piped his lay!(You know a springtime ballad must begin in some such way.)But Lady Ann was twice as blithe and several times as ! sang she, they ve chosen me to be the Queen of May! Well might the Lady Ann rejoice to hear of the intentTo confer this honor on her, for t was quite a compliment;But t was not that that made the maid to singularly sing; —T was because Sir Bing the Brigand was going to be the King!

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