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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538939" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Emily, John, James, and I</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">EMILY JANE was a nursery maid,<br>JAMES was a bold Life Guard,<br>JOHN was a constable, poorly paid<br>(And I am a doggerel bard).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A very good girl was EMILY JANE,<br>JIMMY was good and true,<br>JOHN was a very good man in the main<br>(And I am a good man too).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rivals for EMMIE were JOHNNY and JAMES,<br>Though EMILY liked them both;<br>She couldn't tell which had the strongest claims<br>(And I couldn't take my oath).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But sooner or later you're certain to find<br>Your sentiments can't lie hid -<br>JANE thought it was time that she made up her mind<br>(And I think it was time she did).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Said JANE, with a smirk, and a blush on her face,<br>&quot;I'll promise to wed the boy<br>Who takes me to-morrow to Epsom Race!&quot;<br>(Which I would have done, with joy).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From JOHNNY escaped an expression of pain,<br>But Jimmy said, &quot;Done with you!<br>I'll take you with pleasure, my EMILY JANE!&quot;<br>(And I would have said so too).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">JOHN lay on the ground, and he roared like mad<br>(For JOHNNY was sore perplexed),<br>And he kicked very hard at a very small lad<br>(Which I often do, when vexed).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For JOHN was on duty next day with the Force,<br>To punish all Epsom crimes;<br>Young people WILL cross when they're clearing the course<br>(I do it myself, sometimes).</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Derby Day sun glittered gaily on cads,<br>On maidens with gamboge hair,<br>On sharpers and pickpockets, swindlers and pads,<br>(For I, with my harp, was there).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And JIMMY went down with his JANE that day,<br>And JOHN by the collar or nape<br>Seized everybody who came in his way<br>(And I had a narrow escape).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He noticed his EMILY JANE with JIM,<br>And envied the well-made elf;<br>And people remarked that he muttered &quot;Oh, dim!&quot;<br>(I often say &quot;dim!&quot; myself).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">JOHN dogged them all day, without asking their leaves;<br>For his sergeant he told, aside,<br>That JIMMY and JANE were notorious thieves<br>(And I think he was justified).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But JAMES wouldn't dream of abstracting a fork,<br>And JENNY would blush with shame<br>At stealing so much as a bottle or cork<br>(A bottle I think fair game).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, ah! there's another more serious crime!<br>They wickedly strayed upon<br>The course, at a critical moment of time<br>(I pointed them out to JOHN).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The constable fell on the pair in a crack -<br>And then, with a demon smile,<br>Let JENNY cross over, but sent JIMMY back<br>(I played on my harp the while).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Stern JOHNNY their agony loud derides<br>With a very triumphant sneer -<br>They weep and they wail from the opposite sides<br>(And I shed a silent tear).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And JENNY is crying away like mad,<br>And JIMMY is swearing hard;<br>And JOHNNY is looking uncommonly glad<br>(And I am a doggerel bard).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But JIMMY he ventured on crossing again<br>The scenes of our Isthmian Games -<br>JOHN caught him, and collared him, giving him pain<br>(I felt very much for JAMES).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">JOHN led him away with a victor's hand,<br>And JIMMY was shortly seen<br>In the station-house under the grand Grand Stand<br>(As many a time I'VE been).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And JIMMY, bad boy, was imprisoned for life,<br>Though EMILY pleaded hard;<br>And JOHNNY had EMILY JANE to wife<br>(And I am a doggerel bard).</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Schwenck+Gilbert">William Schwenck Gilbert</a><div class=q>
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JAMES was a bold Life Guard,
JOHN was a constable, poorly paid
(And I am a doggerel bard).

A very good girl was EMILY JANE,
JIMMY was good and true,
JOHN was a very good man in the main
(And I am a good man too).

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