Taffy the Welshman.

AFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;
Taffy came to my house and stole a joint of beef.
I went to Taffy’s house, Taffy was from home,
I searched but found nought of the beef except the marrow-bone.

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Taffy came to my house, and asked for beer and bread ;

I raised a stick—’twas rather thick—and broke the Welshman’s head.
Taffy at my house has lain two fortnights and a day ;

And though dead beat, how he does eat !—his doctor I must pay.

MORAL.

Revenge is sweet—yea, quite a treat—when we're by passion tost ;
But rage, I’ve found, will oft rebound ; as I found to my cost.
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