I've A Pain In My Head
Jane Austen
1775 to 1817
Track 1
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'I've a pain in my head'
Said the suffering Beckford;
To her Doctor so dread.
'Oh! what shall I ______ for't?'
Said this Doctor so dread
Whose name ______ was Newnham.
'For this pain in your head
Ah! ______ can you do Ma'am?'
Said Miss Beckford, 'Suppose
______ you think there's no risk,
I take a good ______
Of calomel brisk.'—
'What a praise worthy Notion.'
Replied Mr. Newnham.
'You shall have such a potion
______ so will I too Ma'am.'
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