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 * Oh,, I may remark,
 * Met in Regent's Park,
 * Where he, in a casual kind of way,

Spoke of the extraordinary beauty of the day.


 * They met again, and strange, though true,
 * He courted her for a month or two,
 * Then to her pa he said, says he,

"Old man, I love your daughter and your daughter worships me!"


 * Their names were regularly banned
 * The wedding day was settled, and,
 * I've ascertained by dint of search

They were married on the quiet at St. Mary Abbott's Church.


 * Oh, list to this incredible tale
 * Of, and ,
 * Its truth in one remark you'll sum,

"Twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum!"


 * That very self-same afternoon
 * They started on their honeymoon,
 * And (oh, astonishment!) took flight

To a pretty little cottage close to Shanklin, Isle of Wight.