Tom: A
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Girls can never change their nature, that is quite beyond their reach.
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If a girl is born a lemon, she can never be a peach.
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But the law of compensation, is the one I always preach.
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You can always squeeze a lemon, but just try to squeeze a peach!
[Verse 2]
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At the boarding house where I stayed, everything was growing old.
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Silver hairs among the butter, and the bread was all a-mold.
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When the dog died we had sausage, when the cat died – cat nip tea.
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When the landlord died I left there, spare ribs were too much for me.
[Verse 3]
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While the organ peeled potatoes, lard was rendered by the choir.
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When the sexton rang the dishrag, someone set the church on fire.
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“Holy smoke,” the preacher shouted as he madly tore his hair.
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Now his head resembles heaven, for there is no parting there.
