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We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor |
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I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more |
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The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away |
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When we called out for another drink, the waiter brought a tray. |
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And so it was, a little later, as the miller told his tale |
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That her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale. |
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She said there is no reason and the truth is plain to see |
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That I've wondered through my playing cards, would not let her be |
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One of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast |
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And although my eyes were open, they might just as well have been closed. |
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And so it was, a little later, as the miller told his tale |
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That her face at first just ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale. |
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And so it was, a little later, as the miller told his tale ... |
