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THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE
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by
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Lewis Carroll
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"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
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"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
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See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
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They are waiting on a shingle--will you come and join the dance?
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Will you, won't you, will you, won't
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you, will you join the dance?
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Will you, won't you, will you, won't
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you, won't you join the dance?
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"You can really have no notion how de- lightful it will be,
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When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!"
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But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance--
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Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.
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Would not, could not, would not,
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could not, would not join the dance.
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Would not, could not, would not,
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could not, could not join the dance.
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"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied,
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"There is another shore you know, upon the other side.
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The farther off from England the nearer is to France--
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Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
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Will you, won't you, will you, won't
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you, will you join the dance?
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Will you, won't you, will you, won't
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you, won't you join the dance?
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--From -Alice in Wonderland- by Lewis Carroll.
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