Peter Newell, The Hole Book, plate 2

	Out in the kitchen Bridget Quinn Was busying about, When through the boiler crashed the shot And let the water out!

	The floor was flooded like a pond, The room was filled with steam, And Bridget gathered up her skirts And rushed out with a scream.

Peter Newell, The Hole Book, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908, plate 2.

Online edition by Marco Graziosi, December 1999.
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