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 COMIC SONeS, But scarce was the honey mmm dim . When the devil cried, Flam, come away. Oh! oh! story of woe, when the devil cried, F!an come How she wish'd that the ten would But poor Mrs. Flare could not weep; And soon, in a black velvet pall, She popp'd the old lawyer to sleep. Oh! oh, &e. 8he thmht of' her love as she lay, When the ghost of' the !ate ,fr. Flare, In his 'een ve13et cap, came to say, "hoo, nonsense! your grief is dl sham.'? Oh! oh, &e. quoth she, "-ghost; I'm no longer thine, ! wo'n't lie alone in the dark, For to-morrow, at half'-af'tet nine, Mr. Flam, I shall marry your clerk.** Oh! oh, &e. BACHELOR'S FARE. FuY Mid free, are a bachelor's rve]rie9, Cherrily, merrily, passe8 his life; lqothlng knows he of' connubial deviltries, Troul:desom children and clamorous wife. tree from satiety, care, and anxiety Charms in var]ety.f'all 1o his share;  .., Bacchus's blisses, and �enus's kisses, This, boys, this, is the bachelor's faro. A wife, like a cannister, chattering, clatterftig, Tied to a clog for his torment and dread, All be-spattering, bumping and battering, Hurries and worr/es him till he is dead;

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