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And when he ſqueak'd he ne'er was ſilent;
Tho' ne'er inſtructed by a cat,
He knew a mouſe was not a rat.

One day, as I am certify'd,
He took a whim and fairly dy'd;
And as I'm told by men of ſenie,
He never has been living ſince.

The Song of the
. Piper & the Fidler's Wife.

8 WERE a all dry with drinking on't,
We're all dry with drinking on t,
The piper kiſs'd the fidler's wife,

And I can't fleep for thinking on't,