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Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)

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[There was a sharp lawyer, one P---]

There was a sharp lawyer, one P---,
Whose thoughts never got through his still lips;
And all he would say was “ah!” “h'm!” “oh!” and “ay!”
This pauciloquent person named P---.