Repeat it by
all means.
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[Illustration: CHIVALRY AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE.
"NOW, COOK, JUST YOU LOOK HERE! LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF BACON I'VE JUST GIVEN
YOUR MISTRESS! IT'S THE THICKEST AND WORST CUT I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE!--AND
THIS PIECE I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE MYSELF IS _ONLY A LITTLE BETTER!_"]
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"PLEASE GIVE ME A PENNY, SIR!"
A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TUNE.
_Poor Income-Tax Payer, loquitur_:--
Please give me a Penny, Sir!
My hope is almost dead;
You hold the swag in that black bag,
And high you lift your head.
Some years I have been asking this,
But no one heeds my plea.
Will you not give me _something_ then,
_This_ year, good Mister G.?
Oh! please give me a Penny!
Please give me a Penny, Sir!
_You_ won't say "no" to me,
Because I'm poor, and feel the pinch
Of dreadful "Schedule D"!
You're so high-dried, and so correct,
So honest and austere!
Remember the full "Tanner," Sir,
I've stumped up year by year,
And please give me a Penny!
Please give me a Penny, Sir!
My Income is but small,
And the hard Tax laid on our backs
I _should_ not pay at all.
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