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[Plaintiff] I love him, I love him:
With fervour unceasing,
I worship and madly adore;
My blind adoration
Is ever increasing,
My loss I shall ever deplore.
Oh, see what a blessing,
What love and caressing
I've lost, and remember it, pray,
When you I'm addressing,
Are busy assessing
The damages Edwin must pay,
Must pay!
[Defendant] I smoke like a furnace,
I'm always in liquor,
A ruffian, a bully, a sot;
I'm sure I should thrash her,
Perhaps I should kick her,
I am such a very bad lot!
I'm not prepossessing,
As you may be guessing,
She couldn't endure me a day!
Recall my professing,
When you are assessing
The damages Edwin must pay!
[Plaintiff] Yes he must pay.
[Defendant] I'm sure I would thrash her,
Perhaps I should kick her.
[Plaintiff] I love him, I love him,
With fervour unceasing,
I love him,
I worship and madly adore;
I love him,
I worship and madly adore!

[Judge] The question, gentlemen, is one of liquor;
You ask for guidance, this is my reply:
He says, when tipsy, he would thrash and kick her,
Let's make him tipsy gentlemen, and try!

[Counsel] With all respect,
I do object!
[Plaintiff] I do object!
[Defendant] I don't object!
[Counsel] With all respect,
I do object!
[Plaintiff] I do object!
[Defendant] I don't object!
[All] With all respect
We do object,
We do object,
We do object!

[Judge] All the legal furies seize you!
No proposal seems to please you,
I can't sit up here all day,
I must shortly get away.
Barristers, and you attorneys,
Set out on your homeward journeys;
Gentle simple minded usher,
Get you, if you like, to Russher;
Put your briefs upon the shelf,
I will marry her myself!

[All] Ah!

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Trial by Jury No. 13
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