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    "text": "I am a hunchback, yellow faced⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "A hateful sight to see⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "‘T is all that other men can do",
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   },
   {
    "text": "To pass and let me be.",
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   {
    "text": "I am a woman⁠—my hair is white⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "I was a drunkard’s lass;",
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   {
    "text": "The gin dances in my head⁠—",
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    "text": "I stumble as I pass.",
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    "text": "I am a man that God made at first,",
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   {
    "text": "And teachers tried to harm;",
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   {
    "text": "Here hunchback, take my friendly hand⁠—",
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    "text": "Good woman take my arm.",
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