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The title page of the Table Rock Album

O! the wonderful Falls of Niagara
‡‡Hop, skip and jump, and here we are plump
At the wonderful Falls of Niagara.

Of all the stupid asses, I call you the trump,
‡‡In climbing Parnassus you fell on your rump,
And your brains of molasses fell out with a plump.


Source: Table Rock Album and Sketches of the Falls and Scenery Adjacent. Buffalo: Steam Press of Thomas and Lathrops, copyright by Jewett, Thomas & Co.,1856c.1848

This link takes you to the scanned version of  the 1855 version of Table Rock Album from the Hathi Trust

See the Table of Contents of the Table Rock Album on this site.

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