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CONSTANCY by JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY

First Line: YOU GAVE ME THE KEY OF YOUR HEART, MY LOVE
Last Line: "AND LAST NIGHT -- I CHANGED THE LOCK!"
Subject(s): UNFAITHFULNESS; WOMEN; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;

"You gave me the key of your heart, my love;
Then why do you make me knock?"
"Oh, that was yesterday, Saints above!
And last night -- I changed the lock!"



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