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There was Lord Crow hurst (I knew him first
When only Mr* lJips he was),
And Mick O'Toole, the great big fool.
That after supper tipsy was.

There was Lord Fin gall, and his ladies all.
And Lords Killeen and Dufferin,
And Paddy Fife, with his fat wife;
T wondther how he could stuff her in.
There was Lord Heifast, that, by me past,
And seemed to ask how should J go there?
Arid the Widow Macrae, and Lord A „ Hay,
And tlie Marchioness of Sligo there.

Yes;, Jukes, and Earls, and diamonds, and pearls.
And pretty girls, was sporting there;
And some beside (the rogues!) I spied,
Behind the winrUes, coorting there.
O, there's one I know, bedad would show
As beautiful as any there,
And I'd like to hear the pipers blow,
And shake a fut with Fannv there.
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W illiam M a k k pkac k T hack e r ay.

*> THERE W AS A CROOKED MAN."
S OME folks ’re alters findin’ fault 'nd frettiii’ round y 5 know.
The older that they git in years the wus they seem tu grow.
It’s kinder second natur tu some folks that I have found,
’Nd al] the fun the}" seem tu git is jest to fret around.

If it should rain, then it’s the mud that sets ’em all awry;
If it don't rain, then k's the dust a-blowin' in their eye ;
If clouds arise, of cornin’ storms they are a willin' reader;
’ Nd if the day is clear !nd bright, then it:s a weather-breeder.