'The Response'

From a letter to W. H. Wills (1854).

Dickens, Charles

'To W. H. Wills.' The Letters of Charles Dickens. The Pilgrim Edition. Edited by Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson and Angus Easson. Volume 7 (1853-1855), p. 493. Oxford University Press, 1993.

Dickens, Charles. 'The Response' (1854). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1854_Letter_To_W_H_Wills_The_Response.

Air: “Isabel”

At the Hou-ou-sehold Words at ha-alf past fo-our
I’ll be found, I’ll be found, I’ll be found
When if it don’t blow it will certainly pou-ur
I’ll be bound, I’ll be bound, I’ll be bound!
But whom you expect besi-i-des Lemming
I dont know, I dont know, I dont know
But I’ll write to old Stanny R. & Lemming
I’ll do so, I’ll do so, I’ll do so.
You haven’t got time I sup-po-o-o-ose
To walk out to that Blades
If you do not produce your old no-o-o-ose
I’ll send him a line with all spee-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-eed.