A poem from the Tube

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At 6 she was awoken by a baker,
"Street cleaners are about - I'll have to wake her,"
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And as she woke, she found herself alone,
Abandoned in the streets of Marylebone.[*]

[* I'm using the old pronunciation MAR-li-bone, although to be honest it's more like MAR-li-b'n.]
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Edit: Damn I missed page two, I was rather pleased with this so will leave it and do the next station below:

She fancied something really nice to eat
So saw a shop and bought a Baker's Treat

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She soon grew tired of her lonely abode
So westward went along the Edgware Road
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She took along her friend, a big teddy bear
Paddington his name was, he had soft brown hair
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But soon the pair of them were really blue
Through listening to "Warwick Avenue".
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They slipped into a pub along the rail
And supped on pints of beer that were Maida Vale
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"Let's find a place to rest, it's getting dark,"
They looked for, but could not find, Kilburn Park.
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They fell among a bunch of shady strangers
Who said that they supported Queen's Park Rangers.
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A singing impressionist called Ken was seen
And they were quite delighted by Ken's Al Green
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They got completely lost at Willesden Junction;
It felt as though their brains had ceased to function.
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[This seems to have stalled with seven stations to go - let's see if we can get it finished.]

By Harlesden's clock the time was half past three.
No use! They couldn't go by Jubilee.
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[No progress on this, so let's finish it off quickly.]

A stone bridge, parked ahead of them, led west,
And on to Wembley, central to their quest.
Then, passing through north Wembley, they were bent on
Continuing undaunted to south Kenton.
From Kenton they progressed at last to Harrow
And Wealdstone, with its streets both broad and narrow.
"Thank God for that," they said with some compunction;
"We'd never get as far as Watford Junction!"
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