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AN EXPLANATION by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: TO THE YOUNG LADY TOAD SAID HER MOTHER
Last Line: "WHY, MAMMA,"" SHE REPLIED, ""'TIS LEAP YEAR!"
Subject(s): TIME;
To the young lady toad said her mother,
"How had you the boldness, my dear,
To propose to Miss Pollywog's brother?"
"Why, mamma," she replied, "'tis leap year!"



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