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THE "BAB" BALLADS.
"You'll marry her, you gentle tar—
Your union I myself will bless;
And when you matrimonied are,
I will appoint her stewardess."
But William hitched himself and sighed,
And cleared his throat, and thus replied:—
"Not so: unless you're fond of strife,
You'd better mind your own affairs;
I have an able-bodied wife
Awaiting me at Wapping Stairs;
If all this here to her I tell,
She'll larrup me and you as well.
