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Song Cycle by Janet Oates (b. 1970) 

A gallery of ne’er-do-wells in 5 portraits

1. A most irksome hobbadehoy
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
You scobberlotching raggabrash, stampcrabbing scallywag, you cream-faced
loon. You rank spoony ninnyhammer, chuckle-headed sponger, you skin-wasting
cumberworld, you cow-handed whiffle-whaffle, dew-beating dalcop, galumphing
quisby, loiter-sacking lubberwort.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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This unreliable young man is a large, clumsy chap who does little work, has little intelligence, and does not pay his own way through life.
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 26