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First Line: Born I was to be old
Last Line: There's no carousing.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


Born I was to be old,
And for to die here.
After that, in the mould
Long for to lye here.
But before that day comes,
Still I be Bousing;
For I know, in the Tombs
There's no Carousing.





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