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Heigh ho! well, the season's over! / Once again we've come to Lent! / Programme's changed from balls and parties -- / Now we're ordered to repent. / Forty days of self-denial! / Tell you what I think it pays -- / Know't'l freshen my complexion / Going slow for forty days.
No more savory Frenchy suppers -- / Such as Madame R -- can give. / Well, I need a little _thinning_ / Just a trifle -- sure's you live! / Sometimes been afraid my plumpness / Might grow into downright fat. / Rector urges need of fasting -- / Think there's lot of truth in that.