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Page 1966
Now the first faction - fight in owld Ireland , they say , Was all on account of Saint Pathrick's birthday : Some fought for the eighth - for the ninth more would die , And who wouldn't see right , sure they blackened his eye !
Now the first faction - fight in owld Ireland , they say , Was all on account of Saint Pathrick's birthday : Some fought for the eighth - for the ninth more would die , And who wouldn't see right , sure they blackened his eye !
Page 1976
Shure , it's true I'm no more nor the height o ' yer waist , But there's many a bigger has sampled a taste O'the knuckles that's bunched in this little ould fisht . Where's the dog wouldn't fight whin his tail gets a twisht ?
Shure , it's true I'm no more nor the height o ' yer waist , But there's many a bigger has sampled a taste O'the knuckles that's bunched in this little ould fisht . Where's the dog wouldn't fight whin his tail gets a twisht ?
Page 2037
Ef De time is right now , en dish yer's de place-Let de sun er salvashun shine squar ' in yo ' face ; Fight de battles er de Lord , fight soon en fight late , En you'll allers fine a latch ter de golden gate .
Ef De time is right now , en dish yer's de place-Let de sun er salvashun shine squar ' in yo ' face ; Fight de battles er de Lord , fight soon en fight late , En you'll allers fine a latch ter de golden gate .
Page 2125
... First lieutenant , " says he , “ Send all my merry men aft here , for they must list to me : I haven't the gift of the gab , my sons , because I'm bred to the sea ; That ship there is a Frenchman , who means to fight with we .
... First lieutenant , " says he , “ Send all my merry men aft here , for they must list to me : I haven't the gift of the gab , my sons , because I'm bred to the sea ; That ship there is a Frenchman , who means to fight with we .
Page 2126
Odds bobs , hammer and tongs , as long as I'm at sea , I'll fight ' gainst every odds - and I'll gain the victory . " Frederick Marryat ( 1792–1848 ] FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold , And used to ...
Odds bobs , hammer and tongs , as long as I'm at sea , I'll fight ' gainst every odds - and I'll gain the victory . " Frederick Marryat ( 1792–1848 ] FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold , And used to ...
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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