“Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
He was all for love, and a little for the bottle.”
Charles Dibdin (1745–1814) British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor
Captain Wattle and Miss Roe.
“Not only is love blind, it’s a little hard of hearing.”
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