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20 The limbs was finished and fixed unto, His stump of a shoulder neat and tree; You'd have thought it there in nature grew, For it stuck to its place as tight as glue. Ri too ral, &c.

He started home and knock'd at the door, His wife her abuse began to p ; He turned a small eg, and before He'd time to think, he fell in the flock. Ri too ral, &c.

With policemen soon his room was fill'd But every one he nearly kill'd, For the soldier's arm had been so drill'd, That once in action it couldn't be still'd. Ri too ral, &c.

They took him at length before the manor, His arm kept movin all the while there, The mayor cring, 'Shake your fist if you dare,ǃ' When the steam arm knock'd him out of the chair Ri too ral, &c.

This rah'd I'm court a bit of clamour, The arm going like an ac hammer; It fell in weight like a saviours hammer, And any with fear began to stammer, Ri too ral, &c.

He was lock'd in a cell from doing harm, To satisfy things who had still a qualm, When all at once they heard an alarm, Down fell the walls, and out popp'd the arm. Ri too ral, &c.

He soon eat'd and reach'd his door, And knock'd h steam taps half a score? But as the arm in pow'r grew more and more, Bricks, mortar, and wood o arren the floor. Ri too pal, &c.