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Dar ban a little faller,      Ay tenk his name ban Yim,     And nearly every morning      Ay used to seeing him.     He used to stand in gatevay,      And call me Svede, and ay     Ant lak to hear dis nickname:      Ay ban a Norsk, yu say.     But he ban little faller,      Ay tenk 'bout sax years old,     And so ay used to lak him -      He ban too small to scold.     Ay used to say, "Val, Yimmie,      Ay ant ban Svede, but yu     Can call me Svede, - ay lak yu      And ant care vat yu du."     By Yeorge! Ay'm glad, ay tal yu,      Dat ay ban gude to him,     Because one venter morning      Ay ant see little Yim.     And next day funeral vagon      Com driving op to door,     And Yim, poor little faller,      Can't call me Svede no more!

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