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- # CHAPTER XXII. Yoomy Sings Some Odd Verses, And Babbalanja Quotes From The Old Authors Right And Left
## Overview
This section, titled "CHAPTER XXII. Yoomy Sings Some Odd Verses, And Babbalanja Quotes From The Old Authors Right And Left," is an extracted textual component from a larger work. It spans lines 2933 to 3036 of its source file and was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
This section is part of [Chapter XXII. Yoomy Sings Some Odd Verses, And Babbalanja Quotes From The Old Authors Right And Left](arke:01KG8AJQSZDW1CKST31K7C1ZCK), which is itself part of a novel by Herman Melville. The text was extracted from the file [mardi_vol2.txt](arke:01KG89J1954N2G0NAERBNJXEX9), which belongs to the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows the section [Babbalanja Quotes From The Old Authors Right And Left](arke:01KG8AKF81PCYQ8DP64G7C3HR7).
## Contents
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