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 They sacked the jam, they lost the spoons,

They sent up several fire-balloons,

They let off crackers, they burnt a guy,

They piled a bonfire ever so high.

They offered a prize for the laziest boy,

And one for the most Magnificent toy,

They split or burnt the canes off-hand,

They made new laws in Lilliput-land.

Never do to-day what you can

Put off till to-morrow, one of them ran;

Late to bed and late to rise,

Was another law which they did devise.

They passed a law to have always plenty

Of beautiful things: we shall mention twenty:

A magic lantern for all to see,

Rabbits to keep, and a Christmas-tree.

A boat, a house that went on wheels,

An organ to grind, and sherry at meals,

Drums and wheelbarrows, Roman candles,

Whips with whistles let into the handles,