Volume: CBÉ 0190

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1936
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 125

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 125

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    Here I am a stranger last night...

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  2. The first of my rambles I ever did take
    It was down to Rathangan for to cut the whate.
    I hired in a house 'twas as large as a town
    And the name of the girl was Molly Lay Down.
    She was the hansomest girl that ever I met
    two feet in height and three feet in breadth.
    I swibbled and squabbled and put in the day
    And when evening came on I called for me pay.
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