September
A Foreign Tour? I apprehend
A hand-bag I should recommend;
A roll of useful notes from Coutts,
A pocketful of good cheroots,
And Murray for your faithful friend.
Some French, on which you can depend;
A chosen chum, you can't offend;
Are things to make — with tourist-suits —
A Foreign Tour.
You'll visit "lions" without end;
And all the snowy peaks ascend
With alpenstocks and hob-nailed boots:
Or ride on mules — the sullen brutes —
There's lots of sport, if you intend
A Foreign Tour!
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J. Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917)
L5 - "Murray". Murray's Handbooks for Travellers were travel guide books published in London by John Murray beginning in 1836.
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