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16 Lady Nancy was told in St. Pancras church yard Lard Lovel was told in the choir And out of her bosom the grow a red rose, And out her lover's a barriar, &c.

It grew and it goes to the church steeple top And then it could grow to higher, So there it entwined in a true lover's knot For all the lovers to admire, -rier, rier, &c.

THE GREAT SEA SNAKE.

Perhaps you all have heard of a yarn, Of a famous large sea snake, That once was seen off the Isle Pitcairn, And caught by Admiral Blake Now list not what land lubbers tall, But give an ear to me; And I'll tell you what me befell, 'Cause I'm just come from sea Tol, tol, &c.

This snake he measured miles twice two, But there they surely lied, For I was one of the very ship's crew By whom its length was tried. One morning from this head we bore, With every stitch of all, And going at ten knots an hour, In six months to his tall Tol, tol, &c.

A curled up this stake did lay, Five hundred rufles about, A ship pechance came by that way, For a colony set out. This snake mistook for their promised lands A grievous thing good lack Men, women, babes, thousand hands, All lodged on this make's back.