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Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time |
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He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession |
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He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme |
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A long while before Queen Victoria's accession |
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Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives |
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And more I am tempted to say ninety-nine |
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And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives |
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And the village is proud of him in his decline |
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At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy |
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As he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall |
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The oldest inhabitant croaks |
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Well of all things can it be really |
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Yes. No. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! |
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My mind may be wandering but I confess |
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I believe it is Old Deuteronomy |
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Old Deuteronomy sits in the street |
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He sits in the high street on market day |
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The Bullocks may bellow, the sheep they may bleat |
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But the dogs and the herdsmen will turn them away |
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The cars and the lorries run over the curb |
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And the villagers put up a notice "Road closed" |
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So that nothing untoward may chance to disturb |
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Deuteronomy's rest when he feels so disposed |
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The digestive repose of that felines gastronomy |
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Must never be broken whatever may befall |
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And the oldest inhabitant croaks |
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Well of all things can it be really |
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Yes. No. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! |
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My mind may be wandering but I confess |
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I believe it is Old Deuteronomy |
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Well of all things can it be really |
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Yes. No. Ho. Hi. Oh my eye! |
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My legs may be tottery, I must go slow |
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And be careful of Old Deuteronomy |
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