A Parody on "Mary's Ghost;" or, The Doctors and Body-snatchers

A Parody on "Mary's Ghost;" or, The Doctors and Body-snatchers. - A Pathetic Tale, With Numerous Additions.

Title: A Parody on "Mary's Ghost;" or, The Doctors and Body-snatchers. Subtitle: A Pathetic Tale, With Numerous Additions. Author: Thomas Hood Release Date: February 6, 2022 [EBook #67336] Language: English Original Publication: GB: , United Kingdom: Christopher Berry (printer),1825. Credits: deaurider, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Twas in the middle of the night, To sleep Young William tried; When Marys Ghost came stealing in, And stood at his bed-side. O William dear! O William dear! My rest eternal ceases; Alas! my everlasting peace, Is broken into pieces. I thought the last of all my cares, Would end with my last minute; But though I went to my long home, I did not stay long in it. The body-snatchers they have come, And made a snatch at me; Its very hard them kind of men, Wont let a body be. [Pg 4]You thought that I was buried deep, Quite decent to the eye; With roses growing oer my grave, In Dr-mm-nds Rosary. But William dear, my rest was short, It was not very chary; Them boney-men, they did march in, And bone away your Mary. I wish youd speak to Mr. D. Who owes the patent ground; And tell him that his patent graves, Are neither safe nor sound. I vow that his new land-of-tombs, Made so genteel and pretty; Is not a bit more safer than, Old Tombland in the City. Alas! it is a joint-stock-thing, The shares are down so low; Ere long theyll break up all the banks, Of Dr-mm-nd, Son & Co. [Pg 5]My tender body was packd-up, And in a sack did go; To be a little body at, Sir Dalleys great dept. I was cut up as Stratford was, And Y-ll-ly from Carrow; Came stealing inand stole away, My brains and spinal-marrow. I vowd that you should have my hand, But fate gives us denial; Youll find it there at Doctor Wr-ghts, In spirits and a phial. How very hard my William dear, How very hard the loss is; That both my legs should have to walk, The Surgery at Cr-sss. And that my arms,the tender arms, That now in death do part us; Should both of them be taken down, To dwell at Doctor C-rt-rs. [Pg 6]As for my eyes,the lovely eyes, That once beamd from their sockets; Youll find them both at Mr. H-lls, In his large breeches-pockets. My very skull was lent to St-rk, Without any apology; And all my lumps and bumps he found, That are in Craniology. But when my skull came back from St-rk, That clever organ-finder; It was found out that Cr-wcr had, Pluckd outevery grinder. As for my feet,the little feet, You used to call so pretty; Theres one I know at the Town-close, The tothers in the city. The Pupils dear, them sweet young men, I vow they wrote on vellum; A letter to the Doctors big, And got my cerebellum. [Pg 7]As for my hairthe auburn hair, You used to love so well; Alas! its gone to deck the head, Of lovely Mrs. B-ll. My very liver and my lungs, Een them were not forgot; But given to them cruel men, Long J-hns-n and Page Sc-tt. I thought I should have lost a rib, And many other stores; But Doctor Ev-ns took instead, A rib from Brazen-doors. To say where my soft kidneys are, The Newspapers will tell; Therefore you need not ring at night, At Doctor Engl-nds Bell. To boil me downdid Doctor Pure, Affirm twould be a sin; And then Old J-rv-s winkd his eye, And swore hed tan my skin. [Pg 8]I cant tell where my head is gone, But M-lls and N-ch-ls can; Also my trunk which is to go, By M-n-ym-nts night-van. I wish youd go to Mr. M. And save me such a ride; I dont half like the outside place, Theyve took for my inside. The cock it crowsI must be gone! My William we must part! But Ill be yours in deathaltho Sweet N-rg-te has my heart. Dont go to weep upon my grave, And think that there I be; They havnt left an atom there, Of my anatomie. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67336
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: Feb 6, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1825
Publisher Country: United Kingdom

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845