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My task is done as you can see,I stand here now to claim my fee,

A thousand guilders, don’t delay,Settle this bill and I’ll make my way.

At this the mayor stood up and spoke,A thousand guilders? What a joke!

The rats have gone, that’s true we know,So here’s just fifty and away you go!

The piper cried, But this won’t do,Great promises I had from you.

And now you say you will not pay,And think that I’ll just go away.

You’ll wish that you had kept your word,You’ll wish my pipe you’d never heard,

Well go, I will, but not beforeI’ve settled this uneven score.

I’ve settled this uneven score!