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THE BRAVE OLD DUKE OF YORK by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "OH, THE BRAVE OLD DUKE OF YORK / HE HAD TEN THOUSAND MEN"
Last Line: THEY WERE NEITHER UP NOR DOWN

OH, the brave old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only half-way up,
They were neither up nor down.





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