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TOM YATES AND THE COASTERS 



"Go along yourself if you feel so good, but 

 we'll stay out here, if you please, and have a 

 good time." 



"Yes," chimed in another, "what's the use 

 of the meetings anyway? It's well enough for 



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the girls to go, but we boys must have some 

 fun." 



Tom did not speak for a few minutes; then, 

 turning to his comrades, he said in an earnest 

 impetuous way : 



