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I	A
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The Colonel went out sailing	B
He spoke with Turk and Jew	C
With Christian and with Infidel	D
For all tongues he knew	C
'O what's a wifeless man ' said he	E
And he came sailing home	F
He rose the latch and went upstairs	G
And found an empty room	H
The Colonel went out sailing	B
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II	A
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'I kept her much in the country	E
And she was much alone	I
And though she may be there ' he said	J
'She may be in the town	K
She may be all alone there	L
For who can say ' he said	J
'I think that I shall find her	M
In a young man's bed '	-
The Colonel went out sailing	B
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III	A
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The Colonel met a pedlar	M
Agreed their clothes to swop	N
And bought the grandest jewelry	M
In a Galway shop	N
Instead of thread and needle	O
put jewelry in the pack	P
Bound a thong about his hand	Q
Hitched it on his back	P
The Colonel wcnt out sailing	B
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IV	-
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The Colonel knocked on the rich man's door	M
'I am sorry ' said the maid	R
'My mistress cannot see these things	S
But she is still abed	J
And never have I looked upon	T
Jewelry so grand '	-
'Take all to your mistress '	-
And he laid them on her hand	Q
The Colonel went out sailing	B
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V	-
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And he went in and she went on	T
And both climbed up the stair	M
And O he was a clever man	U
For he his slippers wore	M
And when they came to the top stair	M
He ran on ahead	J
His wife he found and the rich man	U
In the comfort of a bed	J
The Colonel went out sailing	B
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VI	-
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The Judge at the Assize Court	V
When he heard that story told	W
Awarded him for damages	X
Three kegs of gold	W
The Colonel said to Tom his man	U
'Harness an ass and cart	Y
Carry the gold about the town	K
Throw it in every patt '	-
The Colonel went out sailing	B
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VII	-
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And there at all street corners	Z
A man with a pistol stood	A2
And the rich man had paid them well	D
To shoot the Colonel dead	J
But they threw down their pistols	B2
And all men heard them swear	M
That they could never shoot a man	U
Did all that for the poor	M
The Colonel went out sailing	B
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VIII	-
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'And did you keep no gold Tom	C2
You had three kegs ' said he	-
'I never thought of that Sir '	-
'Then want before you die '	-
And want he did for my own grand dad	D2
Saw the story's end	E2
And Tom make out a living	B
From the seaweed on the strand	Q
The Colonel went out sailing	B

William Butler Yeats

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