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Original Text:
Epicier citoyen, guerrier pur et sans tache,
Une fois caporal il porta la moustache;
Rêva dans l'avenir la graine d'épinards.
Et fut depuis ce temps, la terreur des moutards.

Translation:
There was an old corporal, retired
He opened his shop long desired
His beard was so hairy
That the children got weary
and his sales were not as aspired.