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I Am a Hunchback, Yellow Faced

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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I am a hunchback, yellow faced⁠— A hateful sight to see⁠— ‘T is all that other men can do To pass and let me be.

I am a woman⁠—my hair is white⁠— I was a drunkard’s lass; The gin dances in my head⁠— I stumble as I pass.

I am a man that God made at first, And teachers tried to harm; Here hunchback, take my friendly hand⁠— Good woman take my arm.

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