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HERE’S a very common notion, which was long ago begun, That a man lives in the Moon, and lives alone; That he lights the Moon each night with matches borrowed from the Sun. These are notions, but the facts will now be shown. Some traditions make him aged; from the Earth he seems to smile; Yet some say that he is weeping all the time: But although he’s full each month, he leads a steady, sober life, For he was married when he reached that lonely clime.

He was always rather partial to the little school-girl stars, In his early youthful days with Mother Earth, And would wink and smile bewitchingly each morning when they passed; And when school was out at night, he joined their mirth. There was one among their number, though, that seemed to win his heart, So beautiful, so lovely, pure, and bright, That he named her “Pretty Venus;” paid attentions thick and fast, And he popped the question one bright August night.