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But ere he went aboard his boat He placed around her little throat
 * A ribbon, blue and yellow,

On which he hung a double tooth— A simple token this, in sooth—
 * 'Twas all he had, poor fellow!

"I often wonder," he would say, When very very far away,
 * "If wears it!

A plan has entered in my head, I will pretend that I am dead
 * And see how bears it!"