2:15:02
# We know him well
2:15:03
# He cannot tell
2:15:05
# Untrue or groundless tales
2:15:09
# He always tries to utter lies
2:15:12
# And every time he fails
2:15:16
# He shivered and shook
as he gave the sign
2:15:19
# For the stroke he didn't deserve
2:15:23
# When all of a sudden
2:15:25
# His eye met mine
2:15:26
# And it seemed to brace his nerve
2:15:30
# For he nodded his head
2:15:32
# And kissed his hand
2:15:34
# And he whistled an air, did he
2:15:37
# As the sabre true
2:15:39
# Cut cleanly through
2:15:41
# His cervical vertebrae
2:15:45
# His vertebrae
2:15:50
# When a man's afraid
2:15:52
# A beautiful maid
2:15:53
# Is a cheering sight to see
2:15:57
# And it's oh, I'm glad
2:15:59
# That moment sad
2:16:01
# Was soothed by sight of me
2:16:04
# Her terrible tale
2:16:06
# You can't assail
2:16:08
# With truth it quite agrees
2:16:11
# Her taste exact
2:16:13
# For faultless fact
2:16:15
# Amounts to a disease
2:16:18
# Now though you'd have said
2:16:20
# That head was dead
2:16:22
# For its owner dead was he
2:16:25
# It stood on its neck
2:16:27
# With a smile well-bred
2:16:29
# And bowed three times to me!
2:16:32
# It was none of
your impudent offhand nods
2:16:35
# But as humble as could be
2:16:39
# For it clearly knew
2:16:41
# The deference due
2:16:43
# To a man of pedigree
2:16:47
# Of pedigree
2:16:52
# And it's oh, I vow
2:16:54
# This deathly bow
2:16:56
# Was a touching sight to see
2:16:58
# Though trunkless yet