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Mister Murdoch Lancer,
Bend your ear this way!
Listen closely now to
What I'm going to say.
Christmas Day is coming soon;
Now, be a wise old man.
Take some sound advice from me;
Follow it if you can.

When your boys come draggin' in
Sometime after dawn,
Don't you say a single word
About them bein' gone.
Set them down beside the fire,
Blazing warm and bright.
Hand them each a fat stocking
And there'll be no fight.

Johnny will love the bullets
For shooting at a tin.
Scott will put to very good use,
Paper and fountain pen.
As for you, the patriarch,
You will be so glad.
For will be the best Christmas
You have ever had.

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