I bellow, I beef, I accost.
I hit an’ act ill,
I deny an’ defy an’ go deep.
My accent is airy, my ego’s all knotty,
I act bent, cry at chintz, I’m no gent.

My ally’s an ant, I’m aglow!
My chin is all hilly, my belly all empty,
I’ll fry forty eggs in a go!

O, my belt do fit ill.
An’ a floor is a door.
Get a cop, get a cow,
Get a gipsy, a cello, an adder, a coop.
Get an abbot, an abbess,
An’ a boy with his ‘air in a loop.
Fix it now! Do begin!
Get the lot! Fill a box!

I’m not ill. I’m not lost.
I’m foxy an’ filmy an’ arty
Chilly an’ chippy,
Dotty an’ dippy.
A ghost!

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