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JOHN BLOOM IN LON'ON.

(All true.)

John Bloom he wer a jolly soul,

A grinder o' the best o' meal,

Bezide a river that did roll,

Vrom week to week, to push his wheel.

His flour wer all a-meäde o' wheat;

An' fit for bread that vo'k mid eat;

Vor he would starve avore he'd cheat.