The Pocket Gray - 19th Century

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 06 Sept 2001

What Bohn is to the neophyte in arts,
what keys are to the mathematic dolt,
what spurs are to the trainer when he starts
the breaking of a dilatory colt,
this book is to the medical who smarts
when grappling with anatomy's array:
need I tell you that
the title of this vade mecum vital
is the famous and familiar Pocket Gray?
Need I tell you that
the title of this vade mecum vital
is the famous and familiar Pocket Gray?

I can rub along without my watch and chain
experience corroborates the boast;
and walk without a silverheaded cane;
subsist on plainer dinner than a roast;
I could learn to speak the language minus Bain,
and even give up going to the play;
I could part with many treasures,
and some captivating pleasures
but I couldn't do without my Pocket Gray.
Need I tell you that
the title of this vade mecum vital
is the famous and familiar Pocket Gray?

I could sacrifice the silly cigarette,
and manage to exist without my pipe;
I could do without the fellows of my set
they're sometimes of an aggravating type;
I think I could forego without regret
discussions of the value of the spray:
but I might as well surrender
my allowance though it's slender
as attempt to do without my Pocket Gray.
Need I tell you that
the title of this vade mecum vital
is the famous and familiar Pocket Gray?

Long after we have managed to get through,
and started on professional careers,
we'll think upon this prompter and his cue,
that helped us in the comedy for years.
Forgetful though we be of much we knew,
we'll recollect this friendly little fay,
for it lightened life and labour,
this accommodating neighbour:
it were treason to forget the Pocket Gray.
Need I tell you that
the title of this vade mecum vital
is the famous and familiar Pocket Gray?

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The Pocket Gray - 19th Century

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The Pocket Gray - 19th Century
Words by John Malcolm Bulloch
Music by Ernest Newton
sequenced for Piano by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 06 Sept 2001 at 08.11
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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