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 Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
 I got to love one man till I die,
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 Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
 I got to love one man till I die,
  Can't help lovin' dat man of mine. 
 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich 
in thy bedchamber; for a read more 
 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich 
in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, 
and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. 
 A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
 [A feather in hand is better than read more 
 A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
 [A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.] 
 Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly 
shore,--
 Tell me what thy lordly name is on read more 
 Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the Nightly 
shore,--
 Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
  Quoth the Raven "Nevermore!" 
 Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea,
 Why takest thou its melancholy voice,
  And with that read more 
 Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea,
 Why takest thou its melancholy voice,
  And with that boding cry
   Along the waves dost thou fly?
    Oh! rather, bird, with me
     Through this fair land rejoice! 
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Birdes of a feather will flocke togither.
Birdes of a feather will flocke togither.
 Every bird that upwards swings
 Bears the Cross upon its wings.  
 Every bird that upwards swings
 Bears the Cross upon its wings. 
 I heard a bird so sing,
 Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.  
 I heard a bird so sing,
 Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king.