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I'll write, for I'm witty, a popular ditty, / To bring to me shekels and fame, / And the only right way one may write one to-day / Is to give it some Irish girl's name. / There's "Rosy O'Grady," that dear "steady lady," / And sweet "Annie Rooney" and such, / But mine shall be nearly original, really, / For Susan Van Doozen is Dutch.
_O Susan Van Doozen! the girl of my choos'n',_ / _You stick in my bosom like glue; / While this you're perusin', remember I'm mus'n',_ / _Sweet Susan Van Doozen, on you. / So don't be refus'n' my offer, and bruis'n'_ / _A heart that is willing to woo; / And please be excus'n', not cold and refus'n', -- / O Susan Van Doozen, please do_!