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1. Song - The White Bottle (continued)

   

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   But I'm proud to say, theres one good girl,
   Among all the black sheep of rich apparel
   Who brings their bottle day by day
   As happy as a lark in May.
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   She's young, healthy, and full of pleasure,
   And every morning of her leisure,
   Is spent in exercising herself.
   After which she works like a little elf.
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   Because you see she's full of glee,
   Fitted for work like a little bee.
   And the foundation of all her work,
   Comes from the bottle introduced at Cloonturk.
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   I wish other children her example would follow
   Who say that milk they hate to swallow.
   For if they drank it, it would be plain to be seen
   The change would come over their faces so lean.

   

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mary Ahern

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Gortnalamph, Co. Leitrim