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THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO.

ROM east and south the holy clan &emsp;Of bishops gathered, to a man; To Synod, called Pan-Anglican;
 * In flocking crowds they came.

Among them was a Bishop, who Had lately been appointed to The balmy isle of Rum-ti-Foo,
 * And Peter was his name.

His people—twenty-three in sum— They played the eloquent tum-tum And lived on scalps served up in rum—
 * The only sauce they knew.