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WHEN THE BUG IS ON THE BAWL.
And "the swimmin' hole" is faded, with its one-time tender pull,
To the "hole" the pitcher's got in with the bloomin' bases full;
And while, whatever happens, we will never have a knock
For the "frost upon the pumpkin and the fodder in the shock,"
There's a later theme that draws us where the echoes rise and fall,
When the bat is on the bingle and the bug is on the bawl.
To the "hole" the pitcher's got in with the bloomin' bases full;
And while, whatever happens, we will never have a knock
For the "frost upon the pumpkin and the fodder in the shock,"
There's a later theme that draws us where the echoes rise and fall,
When the bat is on the bingle and the bug is on the bawl.
So come ye, Jimmy Riley, with a later song to sing:
"When the fan is on the frolic and the wallop on the wing,
When the swing is on the spitter and the swipe is on the swat,
When the bum is on the bobble and he boots one round the lot,
When the break is on the bender and the squad is on the slump,
Or the flag is on the flutter and the brick is on the ump."
Belay that ancient chatter of the "fodder, frost, and shock"
When the rooter's on the rampage and the knocker's on the knock;
For a later theme has drawn us where the echoes rise and fall—
When the bat is on the bingle and the bug is on the bawl.
"When the fan is on the frolic and the wallop on the wing,
When the swing is on the spitter and the swipe is on the swat,
When the bum is on the bobble and he boots one round the lot,
When the break is on the bender and the squad is on the slump,
Or the flag is on the flutter and the brick is on the ump."
Belay that ancient chatter of the "fodder, frost, and shock"
When the rooter's on the rampage and the knocker's on the knock;
For a later theme has drawn us where the echoes rise and fall—
When the bat is on the bingle and the bug is on the bawl.
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