Baby's Opera

<h2>MRS. BOND</h2> <p class="centerp"><ANTIMG src="images/mrsbondmusic.jpg" width-obs="700" height-obs="705" alt="Mrs. Bond music" title="Mrs. Bond music" /></p> <p> 1. &#8220;Oh, what have you got for dinner, Mrs. Bond?&#8221;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">&#8220;There&#8217;s beef in the larder, and ducks in the pond;&#8221;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">&#8220;Dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come to be killed,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled!&#8221;</span><br/> <br/> 2. &#8220;John Ostler, go fetch me a duckling or two,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">John Ostler go fetch me a duckling or two;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Cry dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled!&#8221;</span><br/> <br/> 3. &#8220;I have been to the ducks that are swimming in the pond,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And they won&#8217;t come to be killed, Mrs. Bond;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">I cried dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For you must be stuffed, and the customers filled!&#8221;</span><br/> <br/> 4. Mrs. Bond she went down to the pond in a rage,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">With plenty of onions, and plenty of sage;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">She cried, &#8220;Come, little wag-tails, come, and be killed.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For you shall be stuffed, and my customers filled!&#8221;</span><br/> <br/> </p> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_29" id="Page_29">29</SPAN></span></p> <p class="centerp"><ANTIMG src="images/mrsbond.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="602" alt="MRS. BOND" title="MRS. BOND" /></p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_30" id="Page_30">30</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />