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With a cold in the nose,

And some more for a cold

In the head.

And the rest
Of his body for swellings and lumps.

They sent for some doctors

In sneezles

And wheezles

To tell them what ought
To be done.

All sorts and conditions

Of famous physicians

Came hurrying round

At a run.
They all made a note

Of the state of his throat,

They asked if he suffered from thirst;

They asked if the sneezles

Came after the wheezles,
Or if the first sneezle

Came first.

They said, ‘If you teazle

A sneezle
Or wheezle,

A measle

May easily grow.

But humour or pleazle

The wheezle
Or sneezle,

The measle

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