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I then vow'd to keep myself single,
My person neglected strong taken too,
But Dolly's charms made my heart tingle,
And, my vow, like pye-crust, was broken too:

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Though some men her love had derided,
Her face, I must needs say, was copper-brown;
To be sure she was rather lop-sided,
With a short and long leg that went up and down.

(Speaking).
Poor creature! she left me one child, and a clever lad he is; and writes two charming hands—one he can't read himself, and the other nobody can read for him—but still he contrives to sing,

Ka ba, wa wa, &c.