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My parrot can quote William Blake
But his poems are ever so fake.
They don't even rhyme,
 

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My parrot can quote William Blake
But his poems are ever so fake.
They don't even rhyme,
that’s a serious crime
 

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My parrot can quote William Blake
But his poems are ever so fake.
They don't even rhyme,
that’s a serious crime
that warrants a death at the stake.

My aunt has a dog that plays chess
 

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My aunt has a dog that plays chess,
But his tactics with knights are a mess.
 

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He slobbers and drools
 

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My aunt has a dog that plays chess,
But his tactics with knights are a mess.
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My aunt has a dog that plays chess,
But his tactics with knights are a mess.
He slobbers and drools
And takes us for fools
and causes humongous distress.

My calico cat plays guitar
 
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My calico cat plays guitar,
it sounds like an ill-tuned sitar.
My neighbours complain

 

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My calico cat plays guitar,
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it drives them insane
 

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My calico cat plays guitar,
it sounds like an ill-tuned sitar.
My neighbours complain -
it drives them insane.
I don't care. I hang out in a bar.

Someday I'll be richer than rich


 

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my poor friend who sleeps in a ditch.
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Someday I'll be richer than Rich,
my poor friend who sleeps in a ditch.
But right now I'm quite broke
For a respectable bloke

 

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Someday I'll be richer than Rich,
my poor friend who sleeps in a ditch.
But right now I'm quite broke,
For a respectable bloke.
All I'll say is, "Life is a bitch."

I once had a friend I called Lynn
 

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I once had a friend I called Lynn
who drank only London Dry Gin
 
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I once had a friend I called Lynn
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she guzzled it daily
 

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I once had a friend I called Lynn
who drank only London Dry Gin
she guzzled it daily
with her daughter named Hayley
 

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I once had a friend I called Lynn
who drank only London Dry Gin
she guzzled it daily
with her daughter named Hayley
and Doris – her Siamese twin.


Startled, he leapt from the bed
 

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Startled, he leapt from the bed.
"Where am I? What happened?" he said.
 

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Startled, he leapt from the bed.
"Where am I? What happened?" he said.
A nurse pushed him back
 

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Startled, he leapt from the bed.
"Where am I? What happened?" he said.
A nurse pushed him back
But then a duck quacked

 

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Startled, he leapt from the bed.
"Where am I? What happened?" he said.
A nurse pushed him back
But then a duck quacked,
and he staggered and fell on his head.

Now, the poor man believed he was King
 

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Now, the poor man believed he was King
And swallowed a small ball of string