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THE BISHOP AND THE BUSMAN.
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At first the busman smiled,
And rather liked the fun—
He merely smiled, that Hebrew child,
And said, "Eccentric one!"
And gay young dogs would wait
To see the bus go by
(These gay young dogs in striking togs)
To hear the Bishop cry:—
"Observe his grisly beard
His race it clearly shows,
He sticks no fork in ham or pork—
Observe, my friends, his nose."
"His name is Hash Baz Ben,
And Jedediah, too,
And Solomon and Zabulon—
This bus-directing Jew."
But though at first amused,
Yet after seven years,
This Hebrew child got awful riled,
And busted into tears.
He really almost feared
To leave his poor abode,
His nose, and name, and beard became
A byword on that road.
