They say that I was in my youth
They say that I was in my youth
Original Text
A Century of Humorous Verse 1850-1950, edited by Roger Lancelyn Green (London: Everyman, 1959): 289.
1They say that I was in my youth
2Uncouth and ungainly, forsooth!
3 I can only reply,
4 'Tis a lie! 'Tis a lie!
5I was couth -- I was perfectly couth.
Publication Start Year
1907
Publication Notes
Punch (Sept. 11, 1907).
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1999.
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