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THE PRECOCIOUS BABY.

A VERY TRUE TALE.

(To be sung to the Air of the "Whistling Oyster.")

N elderly person—a prophet, by trade— With his quips and tips
 * On withered old lips,

He married a young and a beautiful maid;
 * The cunning old blade
 * Though rather decayed,

He married a beautiful, beautiful maid.