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The Little Vagabond

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Dear mother， dear mother， the Church is cold，

But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm；

Besides I can tell where I am used well，

Such usage in Heaven will never do well.

But if at the Church they would give us some ale，

And a pleasant fire our souls to regale¹，

We'd sing and we'd pray all the livelong day，

Nor ever once wish from the Church to stray.

Then the Parson might preach， and drink， and sing，

And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring；

And modest Dame² Lurch³， who is always at church，

Would not have bandy children， nor fasting， nor birch.

And God， like a father， rejoicing to see

His children as pleasant and happy as He，

Would have no more quarrel with the Devil or the barrel，

But kiss him， and give him both drink and apparel.

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1 regale
v.取悦，款待
参考例句：
He was constantly regaled with tales of woe.别人老是给他讲些倒霉事儿来逗他开心。 He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman.他喜欢讲些他当记者时认识的许多名人的故事给朋友们消遣。

2 dame
n.女士
参考例句：
The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。 If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

3 lurch
n.突然向前或旁边倒；v.蹒跚而行
参考例句：
It has been suggested that the ground movements were a form of lurch movements.地震的地面运动曾被认为是一种突然倾斜的运动形式。 He walked with a lurch.他步履蹒跚。