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1. Local Songs - Larry M' Hale (continued)

   

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   Larry M' Hale.
   IIII
   He had a blunderbuss too, of horse pistols a pair,
   But his favourite weapon was always a flail,
   I wish you could see how he'd empty a fair.
   For he handled it neatly, did Larry M' Hale.
   V
   He sat down every day to a beautiful dinner,
   With cousins and uncles enough for a tail
   And though loaded with dept
   Oh! the devil a thinner,
   IV
   His ancestors were Kings before Moses was born;
   His mother descended from great Granu Uail;
   He laughed all the blakes and the Frenches to scorn,
   They were mushrooms compared to old Larry M' Hale.
   IIV

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Coleman

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   James Coleman

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Chanonrock, Co. Louth