Opening the Crystal Palace, Sydenham

                     AIR,—" DASH ALONG."

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Rial & Co., Printers, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury

BEHOLD what thousands haste away
All in the morning soon,
There's dukes and lords, arid marquisses,
And duchesses in bloom ;
There is all the Corporations
In England, I declare,
To the great Exhibition
In splendour do repair.
Behold how thousands go along
While trees so brightly bloom,
To the glorious Exhibition
In the pleasant month of June.

There was never such a sight before,
Not since the world began,
The wonders there you may behold,
Surprises every man;
There's a Nanny goat with fifty horns,
At Sydenham, it is said ;
They have got a cow with four tails,
And a pig with seven heads.

There is some with veils and lockets fine,
Big bustles too, and rings,
There's ladies maids with parasols.
And stunning Jenny Linds.

In people's eyes the dust does fly;
And to please both old and young,
There's a large machine to go by steam
To grind old women young.

There's the footman with his powder'd poll
The coachman with his wig,
And don't they look for all the world
Like a pair of Guinea pigs.
There's cookey with her greasy nose
So drank she cannot stand,
She tumbled on a gooseberry bush,,
And broke her dripping pan.

Away they goes, get off my toes,
You have nearly broke my back,
There's a lady with a bustle
Larger than a miller's sack:
There's Sampson and Goliah,

There's Jonah and the Jew,
And there's Nebuchadnezzar singing
Cock-a-doodle doo.
There is batchers, snobs, and bakers
So handsome, gay, and smart,
There's doctors' boys and quakers,
In dog and donkey carts ;
And there's Prince Albert and the Queen
Eating sandwiches and ale,
And there's the King of Prussia
Going to fight the Prince of Wales.

There's ins and outs, and rounds about,
There's meadows, fields, and parks,
There's silver whips, and little ships
The size of Noah's ark;
There's handsome pillows, bonnete,gowns,
And dandy frills and shawls,
And penny rolls three times as big
As the dome of great St Paul's.

There's sausages and saveloys.
And sandwiches so nice,
There's herrings, shrimps, & foreign toys,
Green rats and yellow mice,;
There's knock-em-down and pick em up,
Look out and elear the way,
And while you live you'll ne'er forget
This great and glorious day.