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We're ready as witness To any one's fitness
 * To fill any place or preferment;

We're often in waiting At junket or fêting,
 * And sometimes attend an interment.

In short, if you'd kindle The spark of a swindle,
 * Lure simpletons into your clutches,

Or hoodwink a debtor, You cannot do better Than trot out a Duke or a Duchess!