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and the Bletherwitch
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Your yosey cheeks were nets to fade,
Oose blush bedan to do;
And now I’m welly much aflaid
Oose lost oose big yight toe.
Oose left leg is no longer left,
Oose yight arm’s left oo too;
And of your charm oo is beyeft,
And no doll tums to woo!

And oose a hollow little fing,
Oose saw-dust has yun out;
Your stweak is gone, oo cannot sing,
Oose lips tan’t form a pout.
Oose hair is dyed, an’ all is done,
Oose ears are in oose neck;
An’ so my Dolly, darling one,
Oo is a fearful weck.
It is too bad—I loved oo so—
That oo should die so soon,
An’ to the told, told drave must do
This velly afternoon!

After this affecting recital they all took out