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He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court,<br>
Where the Snark, with a glass in his eye,<br>
Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defendig a pig<br>
On a charge of deserting its sty.<br>
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(Barrister)<br>
I dreamed last night I was standing in a court of Law,<br>
And the Snark was the Counsel for Defence,<br>
He was trying to establish the innocence,<br>
Of a pig that I clearly saw,<br>
As stated hereinbefore<br>
In a Court of Law.<br>
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And while I was standing in a Court of Law,<br>
The jury talked so they missed a lot,<br>
And some were listening and some were not,<br>
So the judge cried, "I implore,<br>
Bring it down to a deafening roar,<br>
In this Court of Law".<br>
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(Barrister + Jury)<br>
Let's teach it a lesson it'll never forget<br>
For a devious deed it will live to regret,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
We're of the opinion the pig must pay,<br>
We can't let it live for another day,<br>
We fear if the rules apply,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
<br>
(Barrister)<br>
The Snark replied, "I beg you my learned friends,<br>
For it seems to me with the naked eye<br>
That the pig can live or the pig can die,<br>
And its happiness all depends<br>
On the mercy that now extends<br>
From my learned friends."<br>
<br>
(Jury)<br>
Let's teach it a lesson it'll never forget<br>
For a devious deed it will live to regret,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
(Barrister + Jury)<br>
We're of the opinion the pig must pay,<br>
We can't let it live for another day,<br>
We fear if the rules apply,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
<br>
Let's teach it a lesson it'll never forget<br>
For a devious deed it will live to regret,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
We're of the opinion the pig must pay,<br>
We can't let it live for another day,<br>
We fear if the rules apply,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
<br>
Then the snark pronounced sentence, the Judge being quite<br>
Too nervous to utter a word;<br>
When it rose to its feet, there was silence like night<br>
And the fall of pin might be heard.<br>
<br>
(Barrister)<br>
Let's teach it a lesson it'll never forget<br>
For a devious deed it will live to regret,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
(Barrister + Jury)<br>
We're of the opinion the pig must pay,<br>
We can't let it live for another day,<br>
We fear if the rules apply,<br>
It's clear that the pig must die.<br>
<br>
But their wild exultation was suddenly checked<br>
When the jailer informed them with tears<br>
Such a sentence would have not the slightest effect,<br>
As the pig had been dead for some years.<br>
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