I'm deep in love with a pony we like, but I don't think she cares much for me. Because the last time I met her I told her that I would do anything for her, in fact thing for her in fact I would be. She turned around and told me she thought I was tough, but she fair broke me up when she said, Mary U, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, care for me, no wee wee wee wee wee. She is what the neighbors call a lady. I've known her all her life, I would like to have her for my wife, cause I've loved her ever since ever since she was a baby.
She doesn't care for me, no, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee. She is what the neighbors call a lady. is five no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
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Harry Lauder 1870–1950
A Scottish music-hall singer and comedian whose fees briefly made him the best-paid entertainer anywhere in the world. Lauder toured Britain, America and Australia in kilt and crooked walking stick, and most of the material was his own — “I Love a Lassie”, “A Wee Deoch an Doris”, “Roamin' in the Gloamin'”. He was knighted in 1919 for entertaining troops and raising funds during the First World War, in which his only son was killed.
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