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<font color="#000000" size="6">The Little Man &amp; the Little Maid</font></font>
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There was a little man,
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and he wooed a little maid,
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and he said, 'Little maid,
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will you wed, wed, wed?
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I have little more to say,
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than will you , aye or nay?
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For the least said
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The little maid replied,
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'Should I be your little bride,
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pray what shall we have
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for eat, eat, eat?
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Will the flame you're only rich in,
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light a fire in the kitchen,
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or the little god of love
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turn the spit, spit, spit?'
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The little man replied,
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and some say a little cried,
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for his little heart was big
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with sorrow, sorrow, sorrow,
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'My offers are but small,
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and what we have not got
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The little man thus spoke,
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his heart was almost broke,
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and all for the sake
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of her charms, charms, charms.
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The little maid relents,
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and, softened, she consents,
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the little man to take
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to her arms, arms, arms.
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The little maid's consent,
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obtained, to church they went,
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where the parson joined their hands
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with pleasure, pleasure, pleasure.
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With rapture now he eyed
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his blooming little bride.
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His all! His house and lands!
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His treasure, treasure, treasure.
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They passed their days away,
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as all the neigbours say,
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in feasting, mirth and play,
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and dancing, dancing, dancing;
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The little maid, they say,
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tripped merrily away,
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with her little man so gay,
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lightly prancing, prancing, prancing.
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The honeymoon soon over,
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no more a flaming lover,
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the little man repents,
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of his folly, folly, folly;
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His little cash had fled,
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while he droops his pensive head,
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and in sighs his sorrows vents,
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a prey to melancholy.
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The little maid grew bold,
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she would rant and she would scold,
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and call her little man
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a great oaf, oaf, oaf.
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He wished the deuce would take her,
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while the butcher or the baker,
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would not trust him for a chop,
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or a loaf, loaf, loaf.
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The little man reflected,
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his little means neglected
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would serve but to increase
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his sorrow, sorrow, sorrow.
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To his little wife he cried,
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'Let us lay our feuds aside,
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and endeavour to provide
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for tomorrow, morrow, morrow.
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His little wife repented,
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to his wishes she consented,
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and said she would work,
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with her needle, needle, needle.
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The little man was not idle,
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he played upon the fiddle,
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and he earned a good living
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with his tweedle, tweedle, tweedle.
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To the little man's great joy,
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he soon had a little boy,
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which made his little heart
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quite glad, glad, glad.
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'T'was the little mother's pleasure
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to nurse her little treasure,
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which rapture did impart
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Now everything was smiling,
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there was no more reviling,
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while cheerful plenty crowned
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their labours, labours, labours.
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The little man with joy
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would take his little boy,
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and show him all around
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to his neighbours, neighbours, neighbours.
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