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There were two good fellows I used to know
Quote byJames Kenneth Stephen · 1859–1892
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Old School List". Quo Musa Tendis? (1891).
English (original)
There were two good fellows I used to know. —How distant it all appears! We played together in football weather, And messed together for years: Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead So long that he's hardly missed Save by us, who messed with him years ago: But we're all in the old School List.
— James Kenneth Stephen
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