| William Schwenck Gilbert - 1881 - 386 sayfa
...especially on Saturday nights, is tremendous. We can't turn 'em out fast enough. SONG. — MR. WELLS. Oh ! my name is John Wellington Wells. I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-filled purses, In prophecies, witches, and knells. If you want a proud foe to " make tracks ''... | |
| William Schwenck Gilbert - 1891 - 152 sayfa
...every Jack He must study the knack If he wants to make sure of his Jill 1 THE SORCERER'S SONG. OH ! ray name is JOHN WELLINGTON WELLS — I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever filled purses, In prophecies, witches and knells ! If you want a proud foe to "make tracks " —... | |
| 1900 - 894 sayfa
...the sands with printless foot No, printless foot won't do in a newspaper office; I must try another. My name is John Wellington Wells, I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and But my name isn't John Wellington Wells ; so that won't do. Cliirocineta, adincantida, Archimedon,... | |
| William Schwenck Gilbert - 1904 - 590 sayfa
...every Jack He must study the knack If he wants to make sure of his Jill ' THE SORCERER'S SONG OH ! my name is JOHN WELLINGTON WELLS — I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-filled purses, In prophecies, witches, and knells ! If you want a proud foe to "make tracks" —... | |
| Horace Gordon Hutchinson - 1920 - 388 sayfa
...to sing, not too melodiously, at our " Wines," by way of a change from more timehonoured ditties : My name is John Wellington Wells, I'ma dealer in magic and spells ; In ready-filled purses, And blessings and curses, In prophesies, witches, and knells. So if any one anything... | |
| Clifford Smyth - 1925 - 850 sayfa
...the great composer ever descended to creating airs for limericks, until I quoted the following: Oh! My name is John Wellington Wells, I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-filled purses, In prophecies, witches, and knells. Gilbert is also said to be the perpetrator... | |
| Langford Reed - 1925 - 164 sayfa
...of a particularly piquant kind. CHAPTER SIX Literary Limericks (Examples by well-known writers) Oh, my name is John Wellington Wells, I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-filled purses, In prophecies, witches, and knells. * If you want a proud foe to "make tracks"... | |
| William Schwenck Gilbert - 1925 - 352 sayfa
...Saturday nights, is tremendous. We can't turn 'em out fast enough. SONG. — MB. WELLS. Oh ! my name ia John Wellington Wells. I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-filled purses, In prophecies, witches, and knells. If yon want a proud foe to " make tracks "—... | |
| Arthur Sullivan, William Schwenck Gilbert - 1926 - 716 sayfa
...philology, High-class astrology, Such is his knowledge, he Isn't the man to require an apology ! Oh! My name is John Wellington Wells, I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses And ever-filled purses, In prophecies, witches, and knells. If any one anything lacks, He'll find it all... | |
| Isaac Goldberg - 1928 - 656 sayfa
...patter song that, after Pinafore, becomes a regular feature of the Gilbert and Sullivan libretto. Oh! my name is John Wellington Wells, I'ma dealer in magic and spells, In blessings and curses, And ever-filled purses, In prophecies, witches, and knells. If you want a proud foe to "make tracks" —... | |
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