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MY TROUBLE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: ALAS! WHAT SHALL I DO
Last Line: IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL.
Subject(s): APPENDICITIS;
Alas! what shall I do?
I have lost my nearest friend;
He tender was and true
And faithful to the end.

In sunshine and in shade
He closer stuck to me
Than handle to a blade,
Or wax unto a bee.

But he'll not come again,
Nor know what I'm about,
For when he gave me pain,
The doctor cut him out.

And sad it is to me
That I can never tell
If my appendix be
In heaven or in hell.



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