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A man that has got but one leg.
Will make but a pitiful runner;
And he that has never an eye,
Will make but a sorrowful gunner.


A docter without e'er a stoa als,
Will make but a pitiful dinner;
And he that has got no victuals,
Will quickly look thinner and thinner.


A bell that's without e’er a clipper,
Will make but a sorrowful sound;
And he that cannot get some land,
May work in another man’s ground


A smith without a pair of bellows,
He need not rise very soon;
And he that has got no clothes,
May ly in his bed til it's noon.


An ale-house without any custom,
Will never get great store of wealth;
And if he has ne’er got a sign,
He may go and hang up himself.


A miller that is without stones,

Can be but a sorrowful soul,