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Old Grimes is dead, that good old man, We ne'er shall see him more; He used to wear a long black coat All button'd down before.
Old Grimes is dead, that good old man, We ne'er shall see him more; He used to wear a long black coat All button'd down before.
Approximate author period: c. 1835 AD · industrial
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- Albert G. Greene
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- Approximate author period: c. 1835 AD · industrial
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 32 · quotation 3 · Albert G. Greene · Old Grimes
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