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It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
 He will go back to the old faith he learnt
 Beside his mother's knee.  
 He will go back to the old faith he learnt
 Beside his mother's knee. 
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
 Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
 [Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]  
 Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
 [Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.] 
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
 Round, round, while thus we go round,
 The best thing a man can do,
  Is to make read more 
 Round, round, while thus we go round,
 The best thing a man can do,
  Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
   By--sending the wine round too. 
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.