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Hear me sing of Sally Larkin who, I'd have you understand, / Played accordions as well as any lady in the land; / And I've often heard it stated that her fingering was such / That Professor Schweinenhauer was enchanted with her touch; / And that beasts were so affected when her apparatus rang / That they dropped upon their haunches and deliriously sang.
This I know from testimony, though a critic, I opine, / Needs an ear that is dissimilar in some respects to mine.