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Charles Augustus Fortescue lyrics by Stanley Holloway, Joyce Grenfell

The nicest child I ever knew
Was Charles Augustus Fortescue
He never lost his cap, or tore
His stockings or his pinafore:
In eating Bread he made no Crumbs
He was extremely fond of sums
To which, however, he preferred
The Parsing of a Latin Word—
He sought, when it was within his power
For information twice an hour
And as for finding Mutton-Fat
Unappatising, far from that!
He often, at his Father’s Board
Would beg them, of his own accord
To give him, if they did not mind
The Greasiest Morsels they could find—
His Later Years did not belie
The Promise of his Infancy
In Public Life he always tried
To take a judgement Broad and Wide;
In Private, none was more than he
Renowned for quiet courtesy
He rose at once in his Career
And long before his Fortieth Year
Had wedded Fifi, Only Child
Of Bunyan, First Lord Aberfylde
He thus became immensely Rich
And built the Splendid Mansion which
Is called The Cedars, Muswell Hill
Where he resides in affluence still
To show what everybody might
Become by SIMPLY DOING RIGHT