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JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of / Southwell, A Carrier who carried his can to his mouth well: / He carried so much, and he carried so fast, / He could carry no more-so was carried at last; / For, the liquor he drank, being too much for one, / He could not carry off, - so he's now carri-on.