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124 And now she's got into the town,

And to the doctor's door she hies;

'Tis silence all on every side;

The town so long, the town so wide,

Is silent as the skies.

And now she's at the doctor's door,

She lifts the knocker, rap, rap, rap,

The doctor at the casement shews,

His glimmering eyes that peep and doze;

And one hand rubs his old night-cap.

"Oh Doctor! Doctor! where's my Johnny?"

"I'm here, what is't you want with me?"

"Oh Sir! you know I'm bettyBetty [sic] Foy,

"And I have lost my poor dear boy,

"You know him—him you often see;