No. 4
|
|||||||||
No. 4 — SONG (MR. JERICHO) |
Jericho. | ||||
When as a youngster to school he was sent, Jericho's talents found singular vent, |
||||
Nothing whatever delighted him more Than the display of the name that he bore — |
||||
Scribbled in copybook, scratched on his slate, Blazoned in carvings of yesterday's date, |
||||
Cut on the cupboards and chalked on the wall, Greeting the eye was the terrible scrawl — |
||||
"Jericho, Jericho, Jericho" here! "Jericho, Jericho, Jericho" there! |
||||
Oh, you got sick of it, Right in the thick of it, |
||||
"Jericho, Jericho," ev'rywhere! |
People found out, when to manhood he came, Jericho's habits continued the same: |
||||
Ev'ry one saw, when he started in trade, "Jericho's Jams!" on the hoardings displayed; |
||||
When at the station awaiting the train, "Jericho's Jams!" would salute you again. |
||||
If you took refuge in busses or trams Still you were greeted by "Jericho's Jams!" |
||||
"Jericho's, Jericho's, Jericho's Jams! See that you get 'em, all others are shams; |
||||
Highly superior For the interior, |
||||
Jericho's, Jericho's genuine Jams!" |
So paradoxical though it may be — I have made jams, and the jams have made me; |
||||
This is the motto by which I will swear; "Advertise, advertise ev'rywhere! |
||||
Stick it to left of you — stick it to right, Shout it and scream it from morning till night — |
||||
Crowd upon crowd your emporium crams, Fighting for life and for "Jericho's Jams!" |
||||
"Jericho's, Jericho's, Jericho's Jams! See that you get 'em, all others are shams; |
||||
Ask for no other, My sister and brother, |
||||
But live upon Jericho's genuine Jams!" |
| |
Page modified 5 August 2019