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DECEIVER, by                    
First Line: There was an old man in a velvet coat
Last Line: "ah, old man, do you serve me so?"


THERE was an old man in a velvet coat,
He kissed a maid and gave her a groat;
The groat was cracked and would not go,
Ah, old man, do you serve me so?







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