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Upon His Measure
Mr. Henry Purcell
(Circa 1659-1695)
Tom, making a Manteau for a lass of pleasure,
Pull'd out, pull'd out, pull'd out
His long, his long and lawful measure.
But quickly found,
Tho' woundily straight laced, sir,
Nine inches, nine inches, nine inches, nine inches
Would not half surround her waist, sir.
Three inches more
At length brisk Tom advances.
Yet all, yet all too short,
Yet all, all, all too short, all too short,
Yet all too short, all too short
To reach her swinging nances,
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