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The Medicine Man.

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Good people if you have the mumps,         Or ever get down with the dumps;      Or have bad cold or aching pains,         Or ever suffer with chilblains--      Don't seek your doctor for advice,         And pay him some tremendous price,      But buy a drug that's safe and sure--         In fact, get Blank's Consumptive Cure.

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