from the musical play "The Messenger Boy"
music by Lionel Monckton
words by Adrian Ross
1900
Origin : https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/818bf672-60ea-7885-e040-e00a1806573a
Like the immortal Captain Pott, Trevor was 'a terror to the shirker and the lubber'. And the resemblance was further increased by the fact that he was 'a toughish lot', who was 'little, but steel and india-rubber'.
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