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O very potent little word, / 'Out!' / How often have we sadly heard / 'Out!' / When stupid umpires surely sin, / Just as to settle we begin, / And say, in place of saying 'in,' / 'Out!'
Though I am Captain of the team, / 'Out!' / Though I in doubt may gravely seem, / 'Out!' / Though I have barely scored a run / My average goes down with one, / And other Bats must have the fun -- / 'Out!'