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heads were rough and our hands were black
 * With the ink-stain's midnight hue;

We scouted all, both great and small&mdash;
 * We were a dusky crew;

And each boy's hand was against us raised
 * 'Gainst me and the Other Two.

We chased the hare from her secret lair,
 * We roamed the woodlands through;

In parks and grounds far out of bounds
 * Wandered our dusky crew;

And the keepers swore to see us pass&mdash;
 * Me and the Other Two.

And one there was who was light of limb,
 * Nimble and wary too.

A spirit grim we made of him
 * Unto our dusky crew;

He fetched and carried for all us three&mdash;
 * For me and the Other Two.

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