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Through pathless realms of Space

Roll on!

What though I'm in a sorry case?

What though I cannot meet my bills?

What though I suffer toothache's ills?

What though I swallow countless pills?

Never YOU mind!

Roll on!



Roll on; thou ball; roll on!

Through seas of inky air

Roll on!

It's true I've got no shirts to wear;

It's true my butcher's bill is due;

It's true my prospects all look blue …

But don't let that unsettle you!

Never YOU mind!

Roll on!



'IT ROLLS ON。







Ballad: Gentle Alice Brown







It was a robber's daughter; and her name was ALICE BROWN;

Her father was the terror of a small Italian town;

Her mother was a foolish; weak; but amiable old thing;

But it isn't of her parents that I'm going for to sing。



As ALICE was a…sitting at her window…sill one day;

A beautiful young gentleman he chanced to pass that way;

She cast her eyes upon him; and he looked so good and true;

That she thought; 〃I could be happy with a gentleman like you!〃



And every morning passed her house that cream of gentlemen;

She knew she might expect him at a quarter unto ten;

A sorter in the Custom…house; it was his daily road

(The Custom…house was fifteen minutes' walk from her abode)。



But ALICE was a pious girl; who knew it wasn't wise

To look at strange young sorters with expressive purple eyes;

So she sought the village priest to whom her family confessed;

The priest by whom their little sins were carefully assessed。



〃Oh; holy father;〃 ALICE said; 〃't would grieve you; would it not;

To discover that I was a most disreputable lot?

Of all unhappy sinners I'm the most unhappy one!〃

The padre said; 〃Whatever have you been and gone and done?〃



〃I have helped mamma to steal a little kiddy from its dad;

I've assisted dear papa in cutting up a little lad;

I've planned a little burglary and forged a little cheque;

And slain a little baby for the coral on its neck!〃



The worthy pastor heaved a sigh; and dropped a silent tear;

And said; 〃You mustn't judge yourself too heavily; my dear:

It's wrong to murder babies; little corals for to fleece;

But sins like these one expiates at half…a…crown apiece。



〃Girls will be girls … you're very young; and flighty in your mind;

Old heads upon young shoulders we must not expect to find:

We mustn't be too hard upon these little girlish tricks …

Let's see … five crimes at half…a…crown … exactly twelve…and…six。〃



〃Oh; father;〃 little Alice cried; 〃your kindness makes me weep;

You do these little things for me so singularly cheap …

Your thoughtful liberality I never can forget;

But; oh! there is another crime I haven't mentioned yet!



〃A pleasant…looking gentleman; with pretty purple eyes;

I've noticed at my window; as I've sat a…catching flies;

He passes by it every day as certain as can be …

I blush to say I've winked at him; and he has winked at me!〃



〃For shame!〃 said FATHER PAUL; 〃my erring daughter!  On my word

This is the most distressing news that I have ever heard。

Why; naughty girl; your excellent papa has pledged your hand

To a promising young robber; the lieutenant of his band!



〃This dreadful piece of news will pain your worthy parents so!

They are the most remunerative customers I know;

For many many years they've kept starvation from my doors:

I never knew so criminal a family as yours!



〃The common country folk in this insipid neighbourhood

Have nothing to confess; they're so ridiculously good;

And if you marry any one respectable at all;

Why; you'll reform; and what will then become of FATHER PAUL?〃



The worthy priest; he up and drew his cowl upon his crown;

And started off in haste to tell the news to ROBBER BROWN …

To tell him how his daughter; who was now for marriage fit;

Had winked upon a sorter; who reciprocated it。



Good ROBBER BROWN he muffled up his anger pretty well:

He said; 〃I have a notion; and that notion I will tell;

I will nab this gay young sorter; terrify him into fits;

And get my gentle wife to chop him into little bits。



〃I've studied human nature; and I know a thing or two:

Though a girl may fondly love a living gent; as many do …

A feeling of disgust upon her senses there will fall

When she looks upon his body chopped particularly small。〃



He traced that gallant sorter to a still suburban square;

He watched his opportunity; and seized him unaware;

He took a life…preserver and he hit him on the head;

And MRS。 BROWN dissected him before she went to bed。



And pretty little ALICE grew more settled in her mind;

She never more was guilty of a weakness of the kind;

Until at length good ROBBER BROWN bestowed her pretty hand

On the promising young robber; the lieutenant of his band。











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