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There Was a Crooked Man

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There was a crooked manWho ran a crooked race [1]And with his crooked words,Put opponents in their placeHe chopped them down, one by one’Til a single foe remainedOn merit, she’d win handily,So he painted her with disdain [2]This shameless huckster’s styleIs totally ‘in your face’At any time in memory,It would have brought him great disgraceBut that isn’t how it happened,Not in this odd campaignHis way: relentless bullying...