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There lived an old man in the Kingdom of Tess, / Who invented a purely original dress; / And when it was perfectly made and complete, / He opened the door and walked into the street.
By way of a hat he'd a loaf of Brown Bread, / In the middle of which he inserted his head; / His Shirt was made up of no end of dead Mice, / The warmth of whose skins was quite fluffy and nice;