Wednesday 26 March 2014

'Beautiful soup'

'Beautiful soup', an illustration by JVL in Lewis Carroll's  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Artists' Choice Editions, 2009.
The text:

Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, 
Waiting in a hot tureen!
Who for such dainties would not stoop? 
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! 
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! 
Beau -- ootiful Soo -- oop!
Beau -- ootiful Soo -- oop!
Soo -- oop of the e -- e -- evening,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup!

'Beautiful Soup! 
Who cares for fish,
Game, or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for two pennyworth only of beautiful Soup?
Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup? 
Beau -- ootiful Soo -- oop! 
Beau -- ootiful Soo -- oop! 
Soo -- oop of the e -- e -- evening,
Beautiful, beauti -- FUL SOUP!'

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