Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1759.03.02

NHG-P.759.011
2 Mar 1759:43 (126)
AN OLD FASHIONED RHYMING TALE.
Once on a time it by chance came to pass,
That a man and his son were leading an ass.
Cries a passenger, neighbour you're sadly put to it,
To lead an ass empty, and trudge it on foot.
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