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H! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, If you listen to popular rumour; From morning to night he's so joyous and bright,
 * And he bubbles with wit and good humour!

He's so quaint and so terse, both in prose and in verse;
 * Yet though people forgive his transgression,

There are one or two rules that all Family Fools
 * Must observe, if they love their profession.
 * There are one or two rules
 * Half a dozen, maybe
 * That all family fools,
 * Of whatever degree,
 * Must observe, if they love their profession.