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    "text": "I was the only child of Frances Harris of Virginia",
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    "text": "And Thomas Greene of Kentucky,",
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    "text": "To them I owe all that I became,",
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    "text": "From my mother I inherited",
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    "text": "All honor to them",
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    "text": "For what service I was to the people!",
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