| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1560 |
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Others stood in groups on the pavement with their hands thrust in their pockets, or leaned against walls or the shutters of the shops with expressions of ecstatic imbecility on their faces, chanting the mournful dirge to the tune of the church chimes, `Good - ole - Sweat - er Good - ole - Sweat - er Good - ole - Sweat - er Good - ole - Sweat - er.' Other groups - to the same tune - sang `Good - ole - Close - land'; and every now and again they used to leave off singing and begin to beat each other. Fights used to take place, often between workmen, about the respective merits of Adam Sweater and Sir Graball D'Encloseland. |
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