The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

A Charcoal-burner carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors, and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied: "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal."
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What are the words to The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller?
The lyrics to The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller are: A Charcoal-burner carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors, and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied: "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal." / Like will draw like.
How many lines does The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller have?
"The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller" has 2 lines of verse.

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