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 And when he ſqueak'd he ne'er was ſilent;

Tho' ne'er inſtructed by a cat,

He knew a mouſe was not a rat.

One day, as I am certify'd,

He took a whim and fairly dy'd;

And as I'm told by men of ſenie,

He never has been living ſince.

The Song of the

. Piper & the Fidler's Wife.

8 WERE a all dry with drinking on't,

We're all dry with drinking on t,

The piper kiſs'd the fidler's wife,

And I can't fleep for thinking on't,