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Fifth Villain

Anonymous, (1100 - 2010)

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.
3."Ring us up from Birkenhead,
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
Rhyme: 
aabb
Form: 
Little Willie Rhyme