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Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!