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But shure we wor betther frinds whin I crack'd his skull for her sake,

An' he ped me back wid the best he could give at ould Donovan's wake—

For the boys wor about her agin whin Dan didn't come to the fore,

An' Shamus along wid the rest, but she put thim all to the door.

An', afther, I thried her meself av the bird 'ud come to me call,

But Molly, begorrah, 'ud listhen to naither at all, at all.