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A New Song on the Taxes - trad.
They're going to tax the farmers, and their horses, carts and ploughs,
They're going to tax the billygoats, the donkeys and the cows;
They're going to tax the mutton, and they're going to tax the beef,
And they're going to tax the women if they do not learn to read.
They will tax the ladies' chignons and their boas, veils and mats,
They're going to tax the mouse traps and the mousies, cats and rats;
They'll tax the ladies' fluncey gowns, their high-heeled boots and stays,
And before the sun begins to shine they'll tax the bugs and fleas.
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