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There was a young woman of Baden, whom nothing whatever could sadden;

While her friends were in tears, she just laughed with her jeers.

This accomplished young woman of Baden.

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There was a bold preacher named Bellows, who devoted himself to our fellows,

Got up a Commission to improve their condition, and worked like a forty horse bellows.

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There was a young lady of Florida, No creature could ever be horrider,

For she liked alligators and very black waiters, degraded young female of Florida.

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There was an old cove in a church, who nodded and then gave a lurch;

But he cried, "I'm awake! You have made a mistake

To suppose that I'd sleep in the church!"

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There was an old buffer in Uz, and it's troubled "indeed" that he was,

He declined to swear loud but "let out" on the crowd that did the consoling in Uz.

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There was a young lady at Rome, who eternally sang "Home, Sweet Home"

Till they wished she was there, for what did they care

To hear aught so homely in Rome?