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Rh I knew a nice young lady there,
 * Her name was ,

And though she wore another's hair,
 * She was an interesting person.

The Turk adored the maid of Hooe
 * (Although his harem would have shocked her);

But adored that maiden, too:
 * He was a most seductive doctor.

They'd follow her where'er she'd go—
 * A course of action most improper;

She neither knew by sight, and so
 * For neither of them cared a copper.

did not know that Turkish male,
 * He might have been his sainted mother:

The people in this simple tale
 * Are total strangers to each other.

One day that Turk he sickened sore
 * Which threw him straight into a sharp pet;

He threw himself upon the floor
 * And rolled about upon his—carpet.