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It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
 But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,
 When at the same moment she had on read more 
 But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,
 When at the same moment she had on a dress
  Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,
   And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,
    That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear! 
 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
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 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
  Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,
   On the whole do you think he would have much to spare
    If he married a woman with nothing to wear?" 
 My galligaskins, that have long withstood
 The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,
  By time subdues (what will read more 
 My galligaskins, that have long withstood
 The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,
  By time subdues (what will not time subdue!)
   An horrid chasm disclosed. 
 Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to read more 
 Old Rose is dead, that good old man,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear an old blue coat
   All buttoned down before. 
 Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,
 And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.  
 Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,
 And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt. 
 A vest as admired Voltiger had on,
 Which from this Island's foes his grandsire won,
  Whose artful read more 
 A vest as admired Voltiger had on,
 Which from this Island's foes his grandsire won,
  Whose artful colour pass'd the Tyrian dye,
   Obliged to triumph in this legacy. 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a read more 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a long brown coat
   That buttoned down before. 
 A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,
 A cap by night,--a stocking all the day.  
 A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,
 A cap by night,--a stocking all the day.