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Mr Long and Mr Short go for a walk and sit down to lunch

Never dreaming that a tiger was waiting for a meal

They resort to a trick and tip the tub over the tiger

And luckily for them his tail comes through the bunghole

After 12 months absence they return to find every tiger with a tub on its tail

'Don't cry, poor little Doll!' said Shag

'Please, Jesus, be our Friend, and keep us safe'

When the moon arose that night she shone upon, etc.

He held out a bit of bread, and the dog snatched at it

And standing up, as he and Doll had done, etc.

While spinning yarns under the shade of the tub, they are startled by a loud roar

They spring to their feet and dodge the tiger round the tub

The chase grows warm, but they still keep the tub between them

The baffled tiger attempts to spring over the tub

Assisted by all parties, the tub performs a summersault, and the men sit upon the top to keep the tiger under

While wondering if they should ever get down, the tiger twists his tail through the bung hole

A bright idea seizes them, and they seize the tail

Clinging to it for dear life, they get a ride over the sandy plain

The tiger pauses somewhat exhausted, and they succeed in tying the knot

They let go the tail, and the tiger runs off with the tub

The tiger makes his way to the jungle, but never gets rid of the tub

So for ever afterwards all the little tigers were born with tubs to their tails

Another reminder that he was unfortunate, a brick struck his head

An idea struck him, as well as the brick; he returned to the barracks

There was an old truckle-bed and some mouldy barrels in the room

He edged his barrel quite up to the table and put out his long, bony hand

The barrels and glasses begun to reel to and fro

I'm open to confess that it is the clothes that make the man

A converted Mr Blackett has the barrels drained

But being rather short, he mounts the tar barrel

Creeping up he removes the top from the barrel

Poor Tomkins has fallen into the tar barrel

Here, come out of that barrel, you young rascal

[Man discovers drunkard lying against barrels]

$[Buildings on shoreline with stacks of barrels] -- slide 51 of [Ilfracombe Museum Collection: hunting animals in Arctic regions] (lecture: privately made, 100 slides, n.d.)$

By Jove! it's very windy. Reg'lar March weather!

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Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 October 2018

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