Peter Newell, The Hole Book, plate 16

	A German band was on parade, And all the district knew it, When—boom! the bass-drum sounded out— The shot had gone clean through it!

	The leader turned about in ire, And pointing at the drummer, Exclaimes: "You sthart too soon, my friendt— You make a better plumber!"

Peter Newell, The Hole Book, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908, plate 16.

Online edition by Marco Graziosi, December 1999.
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