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easy stages.
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Doc Danby was a stupid guy,?So, lest he sleep too late,?He placed a tattoo clock near by?To waken him at eight.
But, ah! the rocket smote that clock?And smashed its way clean through it!?"You have a fine alarm," said Doc,?"But, say, you overdo it!"
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SEVENTEENTH FLAT
A penny-liner, Abram Stout,?Was writing a description.?"The flame shot up," he pounded out--?Then threw a mild conniption.
For through his Flemington there shied?A rocket, hot and mystic.?"I didn't mean to be," he cried,?"So deuced realistic!"
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EIGHTEENTH FLAT
Gus Gummer long had set his head?Upon some strange invention.?"Be careful, Gus," his good wife said;?"It might explode. I mention--"
Just then the pesky rocket flared?And wrecked that Yankee notion.?"I feared as much!" his wife declared;?Then fainted from emotion.
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While Burt was on his hobby-horse?And riding it like mad,?The rocket on its fiery course?Upset the startled lad.
The frightened pony plunged a lot,?Like Fury playing tag.?"Whoa, Spot!" said Burt. "Who would have thought?You such a fiery nag!"
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TWENTIETH FLAT
A taxidermist plied his trade?Upon a walrus' head.?It really made him quite afraid?To meet its stare so dread.
When suddenly the rocket, bright,?Flared up and then was off!?"Oh, Minnie," cried the man in fright,?"Just hear that walrus cough!"
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TOP FLAT
Oh, it was just a splendid flight--?That rocket's wild career!?But to an end it came, all right,?As you shall straightway hear.
It plunged into a can of cream?That Billy Bunk was freezing,?And froze quite stiff, as it would seem,?And so subsided, wheezing.
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