Jolly Ye Olde English

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Jolly Ye Olde English Ye hadst ere thyself a jester's hand, Art meek and mild, art a mannered man, Ye hadst last count saith three, albeit, Magic jester, wouldst pence thou didst seeth. Naught thee albeit whence once more seeth, Thine count naught three, yea four albeit, Thy jester's hand be free thou showeth, Yea, thee art game of doubts thou knoweth. Thine swapped hands knoweth naught albeit, Neath thine eyes slide of hands didst naught seeth, Thee pound, nay pence art magic bartered, Thy jester's hands, one fist, one proffered. Ye crowd vows thine pence didst existeth, Thy jester's hand art free, thee knoweth, Naught pence art, albeit pound bequeath, Thy jester's hands didst magic beneath. Ye crowd thou thinketh pence albeit, Naught diverse by pounds yea didst they seeth, Thy jester's urgeth showeth thy pence, So albeit saith, thee didst commence. Slide thy pence albeit neath thy pound, Now two pounds thence and a pence be found, Thy jester saith yea pence thou didst seeth, Slides up thine pound, a pence albeit. Ye crowd hurrahs aloud, claps commence, Thy jester's hand's art, two pounds, two pence. 2020 February 14

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