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 * H list to this incredible tale
 * Of and ;
 * Its truth in one remark you'll sum—

"Twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum!"


 * Oh, was an auctioneer,
 * And made three hundred pounds a year;
 * And, most strange to say,

Gave pianoforte lessons at a sovereign a day.