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Tom Raban.
(AUGUST 31, 1780.)
The curate and churchwarden,
And eke exciseman too,
Have treated poor Tom Raban
As if he was a Jew.
And eke exciseman too,
Have treated poor Tom Raban
As if he was a Jew.
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For they have sent him packing,
No more in church to work,
Whatever may be lacking;
As if he was a Turk.
No more in church to work,
Whatever may be lacking;
As if he was a Turk.
Thus carry they the farce on,
Which is great cause of grief,
Until that Page, the parson,
Turn over a new leaf.
Which is great cause of grief,
Until that Page, the parson,
Turn over a new leaf.
Thus says the muse, and though her fav'rite cue
Is fiction, yet her song is sometimes true.
Is fiction, yet her song is sometimes true.
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