Peter Newell, The Hole Book, plate 7

	A lady came into a store Where animals were sold, To buy a parrot with a tongue That wouldn't swear or scold;

	But as she talked about the bird And asked about the price, The bullet plunged clean through a box And freed a lot of mice!

Peter Newell, The Hole Book, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908, plate 7.

Online edition by Marco Graziosi, December 1999.
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