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   bills
   To hold a grand concert in the old Finisk Mills
   Nonsensical pride they meant to fulfill
   But their pride got a check by the butcher's big bill
   3.
   Big Jack Walsh at the side-table carving the meat
   The polite disposed ladies refused for to eat
   With his big clumsy hands in a most awkward way
   He put sugar with a fork in Miss Williamson's tea.
   4.
   Lynx eyes Barnes the sapper, that dandy pert coon
   Sat in dark corner at the end of the room
   Katie sat at his left and Bride at his right side
   But he paid more attention to Katie than Bride.
   5.
   From Cappoquin came that dude of renown
   The butcher's son Dannie who acted the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Pádraig Teidhirs

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cahernaleague, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Seumas Ó hAnnracháin

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballynamult, Co. Waterford