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A PIECE OF PRESUMPTION by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: ASKED A POSSUM OF A CANNER
Last Line: "HE REPLIED, ""POSSUM, I CAN."
Subject(s): OPOSSUMS; POSSUMS;

Asked a possum of a canner
In his most seductive manner,
"Can you take me in, old man?"
He replied, "Possum, I can."



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