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LET US DRINK, DRINK, DRINK TO THEIR BEAUTY,
LET US DRINK, DRINK TO THE ONES WE ADORE
LET US DRINK, DRINK, DRINK TO OUR LOVED ONES,
LET US DRINK, LET US DRINK EVER MORE
IF GET TO GLASGOW, LOOK UP MATILDA,
MATILDA THE WICKED, A GIRL OF WANTON WAYS-
SHE SPENDS ALL HER TIME TRADING HER LOVE FOR MONEY
BUT SHE'S A GOOD CATHOLIC, HER TITHES SHE DOES PAY
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I MET A YOUNG LASS WHEN I WAS IN VENICE,
WHO ASKED ME TO ENGAGE IN LOVE AT HER FLAT-
OH, I SOON DISCOVERED AS WE UNDRESSED IN DARKNESS,
SHE HAD A SHAPE OF A SMALL CHILD AND BOSOMS TO MATCH-
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THEY SAY PRUSSIAN WOMEN ARE WARMER THAN EVER,
THE COLDEST OF NIGHTS COULD POSSIBLY BE-
WELL, MINE WAS DEFECTIVE OR SOMEHOW GOT BROKEN,
FOR I HUGGED AND I SQUEEZED HER BUT STILL I DID FREEZE-
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THEY SAY GRECIAN WOMEN ARE UNLIKE ANY OTHER,
THE OTHERS IN CONTRAST FALL PALE 'LONG THE WAY-
AND IF ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME AS THE BARDS HAVE COMMITTED,
OH, MY FAVORITE BY FAR IS THE GRECIAN HIGHWAY-
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THE CALIPH OF BAGHDAD, HE HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS,
I HAD ONE PER MONTH NOW FROM AUGUST TO MAY-
NOW THE MONTHS AND THE DAUGHTERS, WELL THEY DON'T BE ADDIN'
YA KNOW I MUST HAVE LOST COUNT, LADS, SOMEWHERE 'LONG THE WAY
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I MET AN OLD MAN WHEN I WAS IN PARIS,
WHO UTTERED THESE WORDS WHICH FILLED ME WITH DREAD-
HE SAID, BEWARE YOUNG SIR OF PARISIAN WOMEN,
FOR WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR KNEES YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HEAD-
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I SPIED A YOUNG LASS AT PLAY IN A MEADOW,
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LASS I'D EVER SEEN ALL MY LIFE-
I ASKED HER TO BE MINE AND LOVE ME FOR ALWAYS,
SHE SAID, YOU POOR OLD SOD I'M ALREADY YOUR WIFE-
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