ALEXANDER
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There was a chap who kept a store, And though there might be grander, He sold his goods nor asked for more, And his name was Alexander. He mixed his goods with cunning hand, He was a skillful brander; And since his sugar half was sand, They called him Alex-Sander. He had his dear one, to her came, Then lovingly he scanned her; He asked her would she change her name? Then a ring did Alex-hand-her. “Oh, yes,” she said, with smiling lip, “If I can be commander!” And so they framed a partnership And called it Alex-and-her.