The jumblies and other nonsense verses . THE NEW VESTMENTS THERE lived an old man in the Kingdom of Tess,Who invented a purely original dress;And when it was perfectly made and complete,He opened the door, and walked into the street. By way of a hat hed a loaf of Brown Bread,In the middle of which he inserted his head;His Shirt was made up of no end of dead Mice,The warmth of whose skins was quite fluffy and nice;His Drawers were of Rabbit-skins; so were his Shoes;His Stockings were skins, but it is not known whose;His Waistcoat and Trowsers were made of Pork Chops;His Buttons were Jujubes and
The jumblies and other nonsense verses . THE NEW VESTMENTS THERE lived an old man in the Kingdom of Tess,Who invented a purely original dress;And when it was perfectly made and complete,He opened the door, and walked into the street. By way of a hat hed a loaf of Brown Bread,In the middle of which he inserted his head;His Shirt was made up of no end of dead Mice,The warmth of whose skins was quite fluffy and nice;His Drawers were of Rabbit-skins; so were his Shoes;His Stockings were skins, but it is not known whose;His Waistcoat and Trowsers were made of Pork Chops;His Buttons were Jujubes and Chocolate Drops;His Coat was all Pancakes, with Jam for a border,And a girdle of Biscuits to keep it in order;And he wore over all, as a screen from bad weather,A Cloak of green Cabbage-leaves stitched all together. He had walked a short way, when he heard a great noise,Of all sorts of Beasticles, Birdlings, and Boys;And from every long street and dark lane in the townBeasts, Birdies, and Boys in a tumult rushed down. The New Vestments. Two Cows and a Calf ate his Cabbage-leaf Cloak;Four Apes seized his Girdle, which vanished like smoke;Three Kids ate up half of his Pancaky Coat,And the tails were devoured by an ancient He Goat; The New Vestments An army of Dogs in a twinkling tore up hisPork Waistcoat and Trowsers to give to their Puppies;And while they were growling, and mumbling the Chops,Ten Boys prigged the Jujubes and Chocolate tried to run back to his house, but in vain,For scores of fat Pigs came again and again;They rushed out of stables and hovels and doors,They tore off his Stockings, his Shoes, and his now from the housetops with screechings descend,Striped, spotted, white, black, and grey Cats without end;They jumped on his shoulders and knocked orT his Hat,When Crows, Ducks and Hens made a mincemeat of that:They speedily flew at his sleeves in a trice,And utterly tore up his Shirt of dead Mice;They swallowed the last of his Shirt with a squal
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