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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 246

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    “From each Shebeen shop that sold a drop”

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    and a man they called the "yissir"
    Matt McNamee struck the nail of the head
    For he got the order to serve all the bread.
    The ladies all there were scented with musk,
    The bold Johnny Matthews and the brave Jamie Rusk.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan