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Rh I have to wride adother verse, Ad dode doe whad to say; But I've got to buy some bedicid To drive this code away; Oh, the boed's is a hard, hard life, His lod is very sore; Ad if bisfortude cubs to hib, He has to toil the bore. And dow, I thig I've bade enough, By wridig this last verse, To go ad buy byself sub stuff Before by code geds worse.

I've got a code—a code— Ad aggravadig code ! If I was well I'd wride you such A charbig liddle ode. I'd sig of labkids od the sward, Bedeath the skies so blue, If it wasn'd for the Ah— Ah— Ah—h— Kish—SHOO--