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WHAT WOULDST, MY BOY?

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WHAT wouldst, my boy,

Gay "old boy"?

"Teach thee now,

Show thee how

Two and two

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Make just eight?"

I do not like to teach the trick

Of double-sight, and yet - wouldst learn?

The lesson's easy, too, "on tick,"

And then the pay's so nice to earn,

I cannot tell thee "No."

So come, and stand beside me here.

No, nearer: now the trick's begun,

Just put one hand - why dost thou fear? -

Beneath that cup: the trick's half done,

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