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The Farmer will never be happy again; He carries his heart in his boots; For either the rain is destroying his grain Or the drought is destroying his roots.

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  1. For I must write to The Times tonight, and save the world from sin.
  2. Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.
  3. As my poor father used to say In 1863, Once people start on all this Art Goodbye, moralitee!
  4. Let's stop somebody from doing something! Everybody does too much.
  5. Nobody's wrong but England - and England's always wrong, Too late - or else too early - too soft - or else too strong. And when for once th…
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  7. The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravity Are constructed with considerable care.
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