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   “There was a certain thing that I forgot to mention when I was writing down the doctor's rhyme. ”

   

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   There was a certain thing that I forgot to mention when I was writing down the doctor's rhyme
   There was a set of mummers in Bridgetown one night, and they were saying the rhymes. The Emperor of Russia said the the Grand Signeor. "You infidel go down to hell, and there you'll meet your doom" Then of course he hit him with his sword, and the Grand Signeor fell. The Doctor was called in and he said his rhyme and then he went to examine the Grand Signeor, and they found that he was dead.
   So they said to each other that it certainly wasn't right to say, "You infidel go down to hell, and there

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   • Eamonn Ó Mirneagh