 | Books - 1826 - 570 pages
...Forty-second Foot !" The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs; But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs !" •...Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, When he'd devour'd his pay ! But when he call'd on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 334 pages
...Forty-second Foot ! " ' The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " they're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs !" '...Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, When he'd devour'd his pay ! ' But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...leave my second leg. And the Forty-second Foot.'' The army surgeons made him limbs: Said he, " They're only pegs; But there 's as wooden members quite. As...Nelly Gray; So he went to pay her his devours When he'd devoured his pay! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1847 - 314 pages
...leg, And the Forty-second Foot! " The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he,—" They 're only pegs : Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, When he devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff ; And when she saw... | |
 | Biography - 1852 - 318 pages
...They're only pegs ; But there's as wooden members, quite, As represents my legs ! " Now Ben he lov'da pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours When he'd devour'd his pay ! But when he call'd on Nelly Gray She made him quite a scoff ; And when she... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...Forty-second Foot !" The army surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs !" Now...Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devoirs, When he'd devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff",... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...limbs^; Said he, " They 're only pegs\ But there 's as wooden members quite As represent my legs." 4. Now Ben, he loved a pretty maid\ Her name' was Nelly Gray^; So he went to pay her nis devoirs', When he 'd devoured his pay. 5. But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite... | |
 | Songs - 1853 - 456 pages
...They're only pegs ; But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs.' Now Ben, he lov'da pretty maid,— Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, Wien he'd devour'd his pay 1 For Ben he was a soldier bold, &c. But when he call'd on Nelly Gray, She... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he,...Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, When he devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1856 - 358 pages
...my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, " They're only pegs : But there 's as wooden members quite,...Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, When he devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff ; And when she saw... | |
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Now Ben he loved a pretty maid Her name was Nelly Gray; So he went to pay her his devours When he'd devoured his pay! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff; And when she saw his wooden legs, Began to take them off! 'O Nelly Gray!... 
