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When a Music-hall singer does not treat of the tender passion in a rakish and knowing spirit, he is apt to exhibit an unworldliness truly ideal in its noble indifference to all social distinctions. So amiable a tendency deserves encouragement, and _Mr. Punch_ has much pleasure in offering the following little idyl to the notice of any Mammoth Comique who may happen to be in a sentimental mood. It is supposed to be sung by a scion of the nobility, and the _artiste_ will accordingly present himself in a brown "billy-cock" hat, a long grey frock-coat, fawn-coloured trousers, white "spats," and primrose, or green, gloves -- the recognised attire of a Music-hall aristocrat. A powerful, -- though not necessarily tuneful, -- voice is desirable for the adequate rendering of this ditty; any words it is inconvenient to sing, can always be spoken.
ONLY A LITTLE PLEBEIAN!