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Pipe Song

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Care is all stuff:--         Puff! Puff!     To puff is enough:--         Puff! Puff     More musky than snuff,     And warm is a puff:--         Puff! Puff     Here we sit mid our puffs,     Like old lords in their ruffs,     Snug as bears in their muffs:--         Puff! Puff     Then puff, puff, puff,     For care is all stuff,     Puffed off in a puff--         Puff! Puff!

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