THE FAMOUS TIT-WILLOW SONG. (From The Mikado.)
ON a tree by a willow a little tom-tit Sang "Willow tit-willow, tit-willow?" And I said to him, " Dicky-bird, why do yon sit Singing ' Willow, tit-willow, tit-willow !' It 18 weakness of intellect, birdie?" I cried, "Or a rather tough worm in your little inside ?" With a shake of his poor little head {he replied, " Oh, willow, tit-willow, tit-willow !" He slapped at his chest as he sat on that bough, Singing " Willow, tit-willow, tit-willow?" And a cold preparation bespangled his brow, Oh, willow, tit-willow, tit-willow. He sobbed and he sighed, and a gurgle he gave Then he threw himself into the billowy wave And an echo arose from the suicide's gave ; " Oh, willow, tit-willow, tit-willow '." Now I feel just as sure as I'm sure that my name Isn't willow, tit-willow, tit-willow. That 'twas blighted affection that made him exclaim, " Oh, willow, tit-willow, tit-wijlnw !" And if you remain callous and obdurate, I Shall perish as he did, and you will know why— Though I probably shall not exclaim as I die, Oh, willow, tit-willow, tit-willow ?"
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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180THE FAMOUS TIT-WILLOW SONG. (From The Mikado.) Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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