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1.I am a young fellow that's easy and bold,
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In Castletown Conners I'm very well known;
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In Newcastle West I spent many a note
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With Kitty and Molly and Mary.
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My parents rebuked me for being such a rake
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And spending my time in such frolicsome ways,
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But I ne'er could forget the good nature of Jane,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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2. My parents, they reared me to shake and to sow,
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To plough and to harrow, to reap and to mow;
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But my heart was too airy to drop it so low,
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I set out on a high speculation.
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On paper and parchment they taught me to write
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And in Euclid and grammar they opened my eyes,
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But in multiplication, in truth, I was bright,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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3. To quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined,
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For the greatest of misers must leave them behind;
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I'll purchase a cow that will never run dry
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And I'll milk her by twisting her horn.
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John Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold
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And Devonshire's treasure was twenty times more,
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But he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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4. If I chance for to go to the market at Croom,
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With a cock in my hat and my pipes in full tune,
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I am welcome at once and brought up to a room
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Where Bacchus is sporting with Venus.
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There's Peggy and Jane from the town of Bruree,
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And Biddy from Bruff and we all on the spree,
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Such a combing of locks as there was about me,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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5. There's some say I'm foolish, there's more say I'm wise,
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For love of the women I'm sure 'tis no crime;
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For the son of King David had ten hundred wives
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And his wisdom is highly recorded.
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I'll till a good garden and live at my ease
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And the women and children can partake of the same,
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If there's war in the cabin, themselves are to blame,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.
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6. And now for the future I mean to be wise,
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And I'll send for the women that treated me kind;
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And I'll marry them all on the morrow, by and by
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If the clergy agree to the bargain.
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And when I'm on my back and my soul is at peace
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The women will crowd for to cry at my wake,
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And their sons and their daughters will utter their prayers
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To the Lord for the sake of their father.
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