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 The ſurprizing Old Woman.

THERE was an old woman, and what do you think?

She liv'd upon nothing but victuals and drink;

And tho' victuals & drink were the chief of her diet,

This plaguy old woman cou'd never be quiet.

She went to the baker, to buy her ſome bread,

And when ſhe came home, ker old huſband was dead ;

She went to the clerk to toll tha bell,