Fifth Villain
Fifth Villain
Original Text
The Westminster Problems Book: Prose and Verse, comp. N.G. Royde Smith, from The Sanctuary Westminster Gazette Competitions, 1904-1907 (London: Methuen, 1908): 260. Keynes J.5.8 Cambridge University Library
1Tommy, in his football jersey,
2Fell into the river Mersey.
4If you get there,” father said.
Notes
3] Birkenhead: a town located opposite Liverpool, on the other bank of the River Mersey in the old county of Lancashire. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1906
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2004
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