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    "text": "They threw a halfpenny into my cap,",
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    "text": "For I am running to Paradise;",
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    "text": "My brother Mourteen is worn out",
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    "text": "With skelping his big brawling lout,",
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    "text": "And I am running to Paradise;",
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    "text": "And many a darling wit’s grown dull",
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