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| The Keepers of the Flame are we, Where mumbo-jumbo is the key; So 'round about the cauldron go As in the poisoned entrails throw Of bills and hearings, laws and pleas, To fill the pot with legaleze! Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Eye of newt and toe of frog, And discourse full of wind and fog; A lengthy "study" let us make, Then with the rest to boil and bake; Then every quibble, every jot Will add we now to this charmed pot! Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Tongue of serpent, wing of bat, |
Fill the pot while fire doth burn As each against the rest we turn! Intrude in every undertaking, Using laws of our own making; Hand-in-hand the State and we, About this sacred cauldron see! Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Mix the potion, stir it well, Slips of yew and thorn of rose, |
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