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Rh At first the busman smiled,
 * And rather liked the fun—

He merely smiled, that Hebrew child,
 * And said, "Eccentric one!"

And gay young dogs would wait
 * To see the bus go by

(These gay young dogs in striking togs)
 * To hear the Bishop cry:—

"Observe his grisly beard
 * His race it clearly shows,

He sticks no fork in ham or pork—
 * Observe, my friends, his nose."

"His name is ,
 * And, too,

And and —
 * This bus-directing Jew."

But though at first amused,
 * Yet after seven years,

This Hebrew child got awful riled,
 * And busted into tears.

He really almost feared
 * To leave his poor abode,

His nose, and name, and beard became
 * A byword on that road.