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THE BIRCHED SCHOOLBOY: CONCLUSION by ANONYMOUS

First Line: I WOULD MY MASTER WERE A WAT (A HARE)
Last Line: WHAT AVAILETH ME THOUGH I SAY NAY?
Subject(s): CHILDREN;PUNISHMENT;WHIPS; CHILDHOOD;
I WOULD my master were a wat [a hare],
And my book a wild cat,
And a brace of greyhounds in his top:
I would be glad for to see that!
What availeth me though I say nay?

I would my master were a hare,
And all his books hounds were,
And I myself a jolly hunter:
To blow my horn I would not spare!
For if he were dead I would not care.
What availeth me though I say nay?



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