At TIMBERTOES his Captain rails
As one in doleful dumps;
Oft given "leg before"--the bails,
Not bat before--the stumps.
The Genevese Professor YUNG
Believes the time approaches
When man will lose his legs, ill-slung,
Through trams, cars, cabs, and coaches;
Or that those nether limbs will be
The merest of survivals.
The thought fills TIMBERTOES with glee,
No more he'll fear his rivals.
"Without these bulky, blundering pegs
I shall not fail to score,
For if a man has got no legs,
He _can't_ get 'leg-before.'"
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