And no damn loutll come courting thee or by the mother of the Holy | 1 |
    Ghost there'll be murder! | 2 |
O, come all ye sweet nymphs of Dingle beach to cheer Brinabride | 3 |
    queen from Sybil surfriding | 4 |
In her curragh of shells of daughter of pearl and her silverymonnblue | 5 |
    mantle round her. | 6 |
Crown of the waters, brine on her brow, she'll dance them a jig and | 7 |
    jilt them fairly. | 8 |
Yerra, why would she bide with Sig Sloomysides or the grogram grey | 9 |
  barnacle gander? | 10 |
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You won't need be lonesome, Lizzy my love, when your beau gets his | 11 |
    glut of cold meat and hot soldiering | 12 |
Nor wake in winter, window machree, but snore sung in my old | 13 |
    Balbriggan surtout. | 14 |
Wisha, won't you agree now to take me from the middle, say, of | 15 |
    next week on, for the balance of my days, for nothing (what?) | 16 |
    as your own nursetender? | 17 |
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A power of highsteppers died game right enough | 18 |
    'll beg coppers for you? | 19 |
I tossed that one long before anyone. | 20 |
It was of a wet good Friday too she was ironing and, as I'm given | 21 |
    now to understand, she was always mad gone on me. | 22 |
Grand goosegreasing we had entirely with an allnight eiderdown bed | 23 |
    picnic to follow. | 24 |
By the cross of Cong, says she, rising up Saturday in the twilight | 25 |
    from under me, Mick, Nick the Maggot or whatever your name | 26 |
    is, you're the mose likable lad that's come my ways yet from the | 27 |
    barony of Bohermore. | 28 |
Mattheehew, Markeehew, Lukeehew, Johnheehewheehew! | 29 |
Haw! | 30 |
And still a light moves long the river. And stiller the mermen | 31 |
    ply their keg. | 32 |
Its pith is full. The way is free. Their lot is cast. | 33 |
So, to john for a john, johnajeams, led it be! | 34 |