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THE DRUNKEN EXCISEMAN.
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I know that young folks like to hear & new song,
Of something that's funny and not very long,
It is of an Exciseman, the truth I will tell,
Who thought that one night he was going to hell.
Fal de lal, &c.
One night he went out to look for his prey,
He did meet with some smugglers as I heard them say,
In tasting the liquors they were going to sell,
The Exciseman got drunk, the truth I will tell.
He got so intoxicated, he fell to the ground,
And like a fat sow he was forced to lie down,
Just nigh to a coal pit the Exciseman did lie,
When four or five colliers by chance did come by.
They shouldered him up, and hoised him away,
Like a pedlar's pack without any dclay,
Into the bucket they handed him down,
This jolly Exciseman they got under ground.
The Exciseman awakened with terrible fear,
Up started a collier, says, what brought you here?
Indeed, Mr. Devil, I don't very well know,
But I think I am come to the regions below.
