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K:C z z C | C E G | c3 | (A3 | A2) A | F G A | w:I found an old stock-ing, and filled it with lead; (G3 | (G3) | G2) G | F E D | (G3 | (G3) | G2) z || w:I hit an old la-dy right over the head. % W: W:1 W:I found an old stocking, and filled it with lead; W:I hit an old lady right over the head. W: W:2 W:A copper approached me and asked me my name, W:I gave him the answer with a bicycle chain. W: W:3 W:The judge said, “Sit down, boy, and dry up your tears, W:You’re going to Borstal for forty-five years.” W: W:4 W:My mother was crying, my sister was too; W:My old man was laughing, and so were the screws. W: W:5 W:There were bars on the windows, and bars on the doors, W:And, just to be awkward, there were bars on the floors. W: W:6 W:I counted the moonbeams, I counted the stars, W:I counted ten thousand borstal bars. W: W:7 W:“Come home and behave now,” my Old Man said; W:So I found an old stocking, and filled it with lead. % % % % % % % % % %]

	

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