But I’ll take my oath she has told it to me.

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And the worsted night-cap the Baron wore,

And his flannel hose were seen no more,

And instead of the pillow as soft as his head,

A coffin was placed at the foot of the bed;

And dead men’s bones go dancing about,

And skeleton’s guzzle a bottle of stout,

Drained from a toper that died of the gout.

And lights are seen in the midst of the room,