"God speed the Parliament! Who shall be the Speaker?"
_Henry the Sixth,_ Part I., Act iii., Sc. 2.
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A FORGOTTEN MELODY.--A once popular negro song that might
come in as a chorus if Mr. BANNERMAN does _not_ accept the
Speakership, is to the tune of "_Old Bob Ridley, O!_" and could be
evidently neatly adapted to "O WHITE RIDLEY, O!"
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[Illustration: SITTING ON HIM.
_Mr. Slowman Sopht._ "OH COME, I SAY, MISS MAWY, YOU ON FOOT? WHY,
IF HOUNDS RUN, A FELLAH'LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN ALL DAY!"
_Miss Mary._ "DEAR, DEAR, HOW TRYING IT IS! BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN
_I RIDE_ AND HOUNDS RUN, I NEVER SEEM TO SEE _YOU_ AGAIN ALL DAY!"]
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