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YOU INTERFERING LADIES by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: YOU INTERFERING LADIES, YOU
Last Line: ENJOY A PINCH OF SNUFF, AND SNEEZE.
Subject(s): MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;
You interfering ladies, you
That prove your minds enjoy less rest
Than those poor mortals you advise,
Whose habits shock your dainty taste --
Peace, let the poor be free to do
The things they like -- be happy, you!

Let boys and girls kiss here and there,
Men drink, and smoke the strongest weed;
Let beggars, who'll not wash with soap,
Enjoy their scratching till they bleed:
Let all poor women, if they please,
Enjoy a pinch of snuff, and sneeze.



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