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30 Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 11 No.1 March 2014

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short ditty found by our esteemed Mr Brooks in a magazine believed to be
The Wheel World. I hasten to add that you should read it to the end to
understand the true meaning………
“In The Gloaming” or…….‘The Wailings of a Disappointed Novice’

In the gloaming, oh! My darling!
Don’t I curse the thoughts of thee!
Crowding ever like grim phantoms,
Haunting me unceasingly.
Oh! My heart is sad with longing,
What I dreamed will never be: *
It were best to “chuck you up” dear,
Best for you and best for me.
In the gloaming, oh! My darling!
When thy light burns dim and low,
And the vision of a bobby, **
Sets my ruby all aglow!
When with pain my limbs are aching,
As I “hook it “ awful slow,
Withering condemnations hearty,
Of thy maker often flow.
In the gloaming, oh! My darling!
I will mount thee not in vain;
Take thee to a near relation,
“Pop thee up the spout” for gain!
Thus I’ll rid me of thy torments,
Instrument of make insane!
I have learned by sad experience,
Cycling ain’t an easy game.
“AB INITIO”

* I dreamed I was the Am. Cham,
** Oh! Lor