“A grand little lad was young Albert,
All dressed in his best; quite a swell.
With a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle,
The finest that Woolworth's could sell.”

—  Marriott Edgar

"The Lion and Albert", line 5.
Albert, 'Arold and Others (1938)

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