Music composed by William R. Dempster
Poetry by Afred Tennyson
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The hat–box was gone, and about six o'clock Ukridge appeared, so beaming and effervescent that I understood what had happened before he spoke. 'Corky, my boy', he said, vehemently, 'this is the maddest, merriest day of all the glad New Year, and you can quote me as saying so!'
Ukridge, 10 Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner
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'You seem to be approving of everything and everybody this morning.'
'I am. This is the maddest, merriest day of all the glad New Year, and you can quote me as saying so. Now then, what is it to be?'
Sam the Sudden, 18 Discussion at a Luncheon–Table
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He appeared to be under the impression that this was the maddest, merriest day of all the glad new year – a view in which he was vastly mistaken.
Laughing Gas, Chapter 13
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'My dear boy, it is what any member of my profession would advise. Do we by any chance know a beverage called May Queen? It's full name is "To-morrow'll be of all the year the maddest, merriest day, for I'm to be Queen of the May, mother, I'm to be Queen of the May". A clumsy title, generally shortened for purposes of ordinary conversation. Its foundation is any good, dry champagne, to which is added liqueur brandy, armagnac, kummel, yellow chartreuse and old stout, to taste. [...]'
Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Chapter 10
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'[...]. So stop cursing and swearing like a bargee, and let's see that sunny smile of yours. Can't your realize that this is the maddest, merriest day of all the glad New Year?'
Full Moon, Chapter 8
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'Last week. I dance into my office with my hat on the side of my head, singing "I'm to be Queen of the May, mother, I'm to be Queen of the May", and there on the desk the brusheroo in its little blue enveloppe. A most unpleasant shock, yu can take it from me. [...]'
The Old Reliable. Chapter 3
'Well, Miss W. Shannon', he proceeded, 'and you, Phipps, this is the maddest, merriest day of all the glad new year. I say this to you without reserve, Phipps, and you, Miss W. Shannon. Not only the maddest, but also the merriest day of the of the glad new year. I broke a hundred this morning, a feat which has eluded my every effort since I first took driver in hand at the age of twenty. [...]'
The Old Reliable. Chapter 4
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'Bertie', she said, after a brief opening speech in the course of which she described me as a lazy young hound who ought to be ashamed to be wallowing in bed on what, if you asked her, was the maddest merriest day of all the glad new year, 'I've just been talking to Jeeves, and if ever a life–saving friend in need drew breath, it is he. Hats off to Jeeves is the way I look at it.'
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, Chapter 15
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'This', he said, 'is the maddest, merriest day of all the glad new year. I do believe in fairies! I do!'
Something Fishy, Chapter 25
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'I agree with you', I said, 'that this would appear to be the happy ending, and I can quite see how you have arrived at the conclusion that it's the maddest merriest day of all the glad new year, but there's something you ought to give a thought to, and it seems to me you're overlooking it.'
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Chapter 16
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