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According to the magazine "Time," this parody of Gilbert and Sullivan seemed a very good joke to Mr. Gandhi. We quote from the "Times of India": A MAHATMA sat singing on top of a fence "Quit India, quit India, quit India." He would pause for a while, then again would commence "Quit India, quit India, quit India." And I said, "Oh Mahatma, I fear I am dense But your song doesn’t seem to make very much sense." His reply was to chant in a tone more intense. "Quit India, quit India, quit India." O I said, "Oh Mahatma, pray why do you chant Ouie India, quit India, quit India? For with things as they are it’s quite clear that we shan’t Quit India, quit India, quit India." ‘And aes answered indulgently, "Brother, : ant _ That perhaps it is true that . you can’t, But it’s just ‘the idea that I wish~ to’ ; implant: ; Quit quit India, quit India."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 284, 1 December 1944, Page 15
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157Tit-Willow New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 284, 1 December 1944, Page 15
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