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THE CANAL BANK by JAMES STEPHENS

First Line: I KNOW A GIRL
Last Line: TO-WHAT! TO-WIT! TO-WOO!
Subject(s): LOVE;
I know a girl,
And a girl knows me,
And the owl says, what!
And the owl says, who?

But what we know
We both agree
That nobody else
Shall hear or see;

It's all between herself and me:
To wit? said the owl,
To woo! said I,
To-what! To-wit! To-woo!



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