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The Bad Child's Book of Beasts

The Whale

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The whale
The whale

The Whale that wanders round the Pole Is not

Whale is not a table dish
Whale is not a table dish

a table fish. You cannot bake or boil him whole Nor serve him in a dish;

Cut his blubber up
Cut his blubber up

But you may cut his blubber up And melt it down for oil. And so replace

Oil for light
Oil for light

the colza bean (A product of the soil).

These facts should all be noted down And ruminated on,

Be ruminated on
Be ruminated on

By every boy in Oxford town Who wants to be a Don.

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