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(Spoken.) I want somc'at for my wife's infernal
parts, she has gotten the gripes. Oh, fie, Pm ashamed
of you—your wife's complaint is inwardly. Yes, she
has got a PKAN in her head. A pain in her head;
hem, come, tip, you understand me ] Understand
ye, yes, yes; thrcre, now transcribe—eh ! what is this
I behold—a sovereign, as I hope for money---ay, this
will do. Now, friend, carry her this box of pUls—
she must take fifteen of 'em three times a day, for
seven days—they are infallible, and sure to make hcf
Push along, keep moving.
My doctor's shop I soon gave up, ns evcry^ body's cry
Was—pray, don't take that fellow's stulV, for if yoi
do, you'll die;
I set up baker in a trice, but wasn't long in proving,
A baker's shop would never do, to push along, kcej
moving.
(Spoken.) A two-penry loaf, sir. Here, my lit
tie man. La, sir, it is very small! You have ihe
less to carry, my child. There's your money. Herc'w
only three half-pence, you chap. You have the lesk
to count sir—v5you please, sir, vvill you trust me i
quartern loaf] No, I can't trust; that's not the way lo
Push along, keep moving.
In vain I tried to get my bread, by baking bread for
others.
Because 1 let it go on tick to little children's mothers
A chandler's shop at last I took, my wife was very
loving.
Because it made noth her and I, to push along, keep
moving.
(Spoken.) I want a farthing's worth of salt
Can't make less than a ha'porth. Well, I must have