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Next day to view a vast balloon
 * The folks came far and near,

To see it start hurried soon,
 * For ev'ry sight was dear.

He ask'd a woman on the ground
 * Who paid for the balloon,

But "Je vous n'entends pas," he found
 * Was still the only tune.

Says he, "I now don't wonder, Dame,
 * "To find 'tis his balloon,

"For sure this can claim
 * "All that's beneath the moon."