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  COMIC A bluff' grenadier, under great Marshal Had his head cut clean off by a Lockabar axe. But his comrade replaced it so ni em it fi, Tt,a hand.rebel ti rou  ck . D down, Now. h me w ho, nd his neck vo 1o. ieh he'd bow m .nd thin when ha ; � A one nht ating time to the tale I tell yo Hz gave ch a nod hat away hh head I uld 11 other stori, but here mean to 1 hat you have he may have  dce, em my nve ve I I mt d me more subc eually te. THE BLIND PRIEST. A R.ST of Kajaaga, as blind as a stone, When he took to hi bosom a wife, Cried, "deaD,, I never shall see you I own, But you'll be the del/ght of my l/re." ' Then his arm o'er her shoulders he lovingly passl, And says he, "my love, what is this IroniC" 8he faltered a little--but told him at last, ys the priest, "ten we eannot cohabit, d*y sram, Though 1 tenderly love you, ndeed, ]Per I've taken an oath that my children sha'n't bm Of the camel and buffalo breed." IBo he married another h fancisd would/it-- Coming home, in sweet conjugal talk, She atept the blind priest, saying, "t down a bit, For my !s am too bandy to walk."
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