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1. father, we have heard your story,

And as your head is getting hoary,

To differ from you we are sorry;

And yet we need,

Seeing that in your sins you glory,

Constrained by greed.

2. Honour to parents is their due,

When they perform what they should do;

But the harangue we've heard from you

Discloses base

Dishonest bye-roads to pursue,

Dark crooked ways.

3. We will not take you for our guide,

Nor in your wicked sehemes confide;

Our mother, too, is on our side,

Whose hope and trust is,

We shall by honesty abide,

Truth, law, and justice.