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I wonder and I fain wou'd know
Why he forbad a Puppet Show.
The Wise will say 'twas done with reason,
For Punch was Jackish, and talk'd Treason.
And Fortune's likely to decline us,
When such short Rascals undermine us.
Who knows how far he might advance?
Perhaps the Rogue was brib'd by France.
However he disguise his Part,
I know there's Malice in his Heart.
But who can any Harm acquire
From a small Gentleman in Wire?
And what can e'er proceed that's odd
From tiny things like Master Modd?
Why he forbad a Puppet Show.
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For Punch was Jackish, and talk'd Treason.
And Fortune's likely to decline us,
When such short Rascals undermine us.
Who knows how far he might advance?
Perhaps the Rogue was brib'd by France.
However he disguise his Part,
I know there's Malice in his Heart.
But who can any Harm acquire
From a small Gentleman in Wire?
And what can e'er proceed that's odd
From tiny things like Master Modd?
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