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1. The Peregrination of Charley Gill (continued)

   

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   And Speakeasy C. Mc Loughlin that's never off the hall.
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   When the coal was served at ten o'clock the master called me down,
   And said there were messages I must go to town,
   He wrote me out long orders and point out the way,
   To Meehan's, Biernes, Coyle's and Raitt's Mc Clure's and James Mc Clay's
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   The men sent for tobacco, and the women sent for snuff,
   Matches, tea and sugar and divers other st[?]
   Mc Geoghegan wanted crackers and big Mick sent for bread,
   But Jack the Fluter, worse than all, had me nearly off my head.
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   He bade me fetch the paper with the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Willie Gillespie

   Address

   Sessiagh (O'Neill), Co. Donegal