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Title The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Page 1522
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Text or tramped along singing this childish twaddle, would have been amusing if it had not been disgusting. By way of variety they sang several other things, including: `We'll hang ole Closeland On a sour apple tree,'nd

`Rally, Rally, men of Windley
For Sweater's sure to win.'

As they passed the big church in Quality Street, the clock began to strike. It was one of those that strike four chimes at each quarter of the hour. It was now ten o'clock so there were sixteen musical chimes:

Ding, dong! Ding Dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong!
Ding dong! Ding dong!
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