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Rh Would exclaim, "I'm affaid 'oo a socking ole fox."
 * Now a father it shocks,
 * And it whitens his locks

When his little babe calls him a shocking old fox.

The name of his father he'd couple and pair
 * (With his ill-bred laugh,
 * And insolent chaff)

With those of the nursery heroines rare
 * Virginia the fair,
 * Or Good Goldenhair

Till the nuisance was more than a prophet could bear.