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He was a most peculiar man.

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That's what Mrs. Riordan said and she should know;

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She lived upstairs from him

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She said he was a most peculiar man.

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He was a most peculiar man.

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He lived all alone within a house,

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Within a room, within himself,

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A most peculiar man.

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He had no friends, he seldom spoke

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And no one in turn  ever   spoke to him,

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'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't care

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And he wasn't like them.

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Oh, noooooo he was a most peculiar man.

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He died last Sat-u-r-day.

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He turned on the gas and he went to sleep

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With the windows closed so he'd never wake up

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 To his silent world and his tiny room;

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And Mrs. Riordan says he has  a brother somewhere

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Who should be not-if-i-e-d soooon.

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And all the people said, "What a shame that he's dead,

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But wasn't he a most peculiar man?"