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Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.
 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his read more 
 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that 
was on him:
 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was 
empty, there was no water in it. 
 Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square,
 Has made three separate journeys to Paris,
  And her father assures read more 
 Miss Flora McFlimsey of Madison Square,
 Has made three separate journeys to Paris,
  And her father assures me each time she was there
   That she and her friend Mrs. Harris . . .
    Spent six consecutive weeks, without shopping
     In one continuous round of shopping,-- . . .
      And yet, though scarce three months have passed since the day
       This merchandise went on twelve carts, up Broadway,
        This same Miss McFlimsey of Madison Square
         The last time we met was in utter despair
          Becasue she had nothing whatever to wear. 
 Dwellers in huts and in marble halls--
 From Shepherdess up to Queen--
  Cared little for bonnets, and read more 
 Dwellers in huts and in marble halls--
 From Shepherdess up to Queen--
  Cared little for bonnets, and less for shawls,
   And nothing for crinoline.
    But now simplicity's not the rage,
     And it's funny to think how cold
      The dress they wore in the Golden Age
       Would seem in the Age of Gold. 
 John Lee is dead, that good old man,--
 We ne'er shall see him more:
  He used to read more 
 John Lee is dead, that good old man,--
 We ne'er shall see him more:
  He used to wear an old drab coat
   All buttoned down before. 
 He will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a color she 
abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she read more 
 He will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a color she 
abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests; and he will 
smile upon her, which will now be so unsuitable to her 
disposition, being addicted to a melancholy as she is, that it 
cannot but turn him into a notable contempt. 
 Around his form his loose long robe was thrown,
 And wrapt a breast bestowed on heaven alone.  
 Around his form his loose long robe was thrown,
 And wrapt a breast bestowed on heaven alone. 
 Fare you well, my lord, and believe this of me: there can be no 
kernel in this light nut; read more 
 Fare you well, my lord, and believe this of me: there can be no 
kernel in this light nut; the soul of this man is his clothes. 
Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. 
 And now, my honey love,
 Will we return unto thy father's house
  And revel it as bravely read more 
 And now, my honey love,
 Will we return unto thy father's house
  And revel it as bravely as the best,
   With silken coats and caps and golden rings,
    With ruffs and cuffs and farthingales and things;
     With scarfs and fans and double change of brav'ry,
      With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knav'ry.