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BLUEBEARD'S LAST WIFE: COMES PLAYINGCARD by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD

First Line: FIRST COMES THE SPRIGHTLY DAMSEL PLAYINGCARD
Last Line: FOR THAT SHE DIES -- BRING ON ANOTHER WIFE!
Subject(s): CARD GAMES; PLAYING CARDS;
First comes the sprightly damsel Playingcard
In garb fantastic spotted like the pard
With Heart and Club and Diamond and Spade;
Lightly she comes, poor unsuspecting maid
She does not see how Bluebeard on the sly
Plucks a Blue Hair, his carving-knife to try.
The crime of Playingcard was brightening life.
For that she dies -- bring on another wife!



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