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The following list of peeves, from Gilbert & Sullivan, seems worth the verticality. For the MIDI file, see http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/mikado/html/none_be_missed.htmlThere's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs-- All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs-- All children who are up in dates, and floor you with 'em flat-- All persons who in shaking hands, shake hands with you like that-- And all third persons who on spoiling tête-à-têtes insist-- They'd none of 'em be missed--they'd none of 'em be missed! (CHORUS)
There's the banjo serenader, and the others of his race,* And the piano-organist--I've got him on the list! And the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face, They never would be miss'd--they never would be miss'd! Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own; And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy, And who "doesn't think she dances, but would rather like to try"; And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist-- I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not he missed! (CHORUS)
And that Nisi Prius nuisance, who just now is rather rife, The Judicial humorist--I've got him on the list! All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns of private life-- They'd none of 'em be missed--they'd none of 'em be missed. And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind, Such as--What d'ye call him--Thing'em-bob, and likewise--Never-mind, And 'St--'st--'st--and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who-- The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you. But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list, For they'd none of 'em be missed--they'd none of 'em be missed! (CHORUS)-------- * this is the modernized version; the original was "nigger serenader".
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