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My lather is good, and
My razor is keen,
In two minutes time,
I'll shave you quite clean.

* * * * *

To see a miller grinding corn, is no news;
But to see an ox blowing a horn, is strange indeed!

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I blow and I run,
And I run and I blow,
And which I do best,
I'm sure I don't know.

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To see a shoemaker hammer his leather, is no news;
But to see a hound and a buck drinking together, is strange indeed!

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Mr. Buck, I wish you luck.
Mr. Hound, your most profound.

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To see a good boy read his book, is no news;
But to see a goose roasting a cook, is strange indeed!

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I'll roast ye, and baste ye,
But who will may taste ye.

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To see a beau at his toilet dress, is no news;
But to see two horses playing at chess, is strange indeed!

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Mr. Horse, you don't play
Fair, but cheat:
Mr. Nag, you say so,
Now you're beat.

* * * * *

To see a high-bred horse when prancing, is no news;
But to see a cat fiddling and mice all dancing, is strange indeed!

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Come foot it, my dears,
And when you've done,
I'll eat you for supper,
Aye, every one.

* * * * *

To see a lady drinking of tea, is no news;
But to see a bird shoot a man in a tree, is strange indeed!

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First of all, I'll shoot this clown,
And then I'll bring his bow wow down.

* * * * *

To see a boy swim in a brook, is no news;
But to see a fish catch a man with hook, is strange indeed!

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Spare me, good Mr. Fish,
I didn't molest you.
I'll spare you no longer
Than till I dress you.

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To see a cat steal milk from a pan, is no news;
But to see a buck hunting a man, is strange indeed!

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Hark forward, huzza,
He can't get away:
And he's not buck enough
To stand at a bay.

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To see a cobbler mending a shoe, is no news;
But to see a goat cry old clothes like a jew, is strange indeed!

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'Tis alvays my vay,
To cheat ven I can,
Ye