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The Floor

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Here's to the floor,     Our best friend of all,     Who sticks to us close     In the time of our fall.     When benches are fickle     And tables betray     And rugs are revolving,     He meets us half-way.     Our stay and support,     When we can't stand alone,     With the floor for a backer,     We'll never be thrown.     Here's to our friend,     In life's every stage!     Dry nurse of infancy,     Wet nurse of age!     A health to our floor!     Supporter and stay;     Though he often be full,     May he never give way!

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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

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