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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 245

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  1. A Song

    “From each Shebeen shop that sold a drop”

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    Each Shebeen shop that sold a drop,
    Of the real old mountain dew,
    The poteen still on every hill,
    The pealers had no call,
    Until Balfour placed that ugly baste,
    Full Seargeant in Grousehall.
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