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When I was a bachelor
⁠I lived by myself;
And all the bread and cheese I got
⁠I put upon the shelf.

The rats and the mice ⁠They made such a strife, I was forced to go to ⁠London To buy me a wife. The streets were so bad, And the lanes were so ⁠narrow, I was forced to bring my wife home ⁠In a wheelbarrow.

The wheelbarrow broke,
⁠And my wife had a fall,
Down came wheelbarrow,
⁠Little wife and all.