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Foo-foo the First

           Therewerehugestalwartmen,brownwithexposure,long-haired,andclothedinfantasticrags;thereweremiddle-sizedyouths,oftruculentcountenance,andsimilarlyclad;therewereblindmendicants,withpatchedorbandagedeyes;crippledones,withwoodenlegsandcrutches;diseasedones,withrunningsorespeepingfromineffectualwrappings;therewasavillain-lookingpedlarwithhispack;aknife-grinder,atinker,andabarber-surgeon,withtheimplementsoftheirtrades;someofthefemaleswerehardly-growngirls,somewereatprime,somewereoldandwrinkledhags,andallwereloud,brazen,foul-mouthed;andallsoiledandslatternly;therewerethreesore-facedbabies;therewereacoupleofstarvelingcurs,withstringsabouttheirnecks,whoseofficewastoleadtheblind.

           

           Thenightwascome,theganghadjustfinishedfeasting,anorgywasbeginning;thecanofliquorwaspassingfrommouthtomouth.Ageneralcrybrokeforth

           "Asong!asongfromtheBatandDickandDot-and-go-One!"

           Oneoftheblindmengotup,andmadereadybycastingasidethepatchesthatshelteredhisexcellenteyes,andthepatheticplacardwhichrecitedthecauseofhiscalamity.Dot-and-go-Onedisencumberedhimselfofhistimberlegandtookhisplace,uponsoundandhealthylimbs,besidehisfellow-rascal;thentheyroaredoutarollickingditty,andwerereinforcedbythewholecrew,attheendofeachstanza,inarousingchorus.

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