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Page 1967
... hills are very high , And so's the Hill of Howth , sir ; But there's a hill , much bigger still , Much higher nor them both , sir : ' Twas on the top of this high hill St. Patrick preached his sarmint That drove the frogs into the bogs ...
... hills are very high , And so's the Hill of Howth , sir ; But there's a hill , much bigger still , Much higher nor them both , sir : ' Twas on the top of this high hill St. Patrick preached his sarmint That drove the frogs into the bogs ...
Page 2011
... shorter , --- Forgetting not Good stout old English porter . Old wood to burn ! Ay , bring the hill - side beech From where the owlets meet and screech , And ravens croak ; The crackling pine , and cedar Give Me the Old 2011.
... shorter , --- Forgetting not Good stout old English porter . Old wood to burn ! Ay , bring the hill - side beech From where the owlets meet and screech , And ravens croak ; The crackling pine , and cedar Give Me the Old 2011.
Page 2085
... hill , He presented his bill , With stinging ill - will ; So with blood , sir , I paid it . He presented his bill , And I could not evade it . Aristine Anderson [ 18 A GRAIN OF SALT Of all the wimming doubly blest The sailor's wife's ...
... hill , He presented his bill , With stinging ill - will ; So with blood , sir , I paid it . He presented his bill , And I could not evade it . Aristine Anderson [ 18 A GRAIN OF SALT Of all the wimming doubly blest The sailor's wife's ...
Page 2176
... hill . For there are Jenny and jovial Joe ; Jolly and jolly , jolly they go , Jogging over the hill . By apple and berry , ' tis twelve months merry Since Jenny and Joe were wed ! And never a bother or quarrelsome pother To trouble the ...
... hill . For there are Jenny and jovial Joe ; Jolly and jolly , jolly they go , Jogging over the hill . By apple and berry , ' tis twelve months merry Since Jenny and Joe were wed ! And never a bother or quarrelsome pother To trouble the ...
Page 2204
... hill and glen ; - What cordial welcomes greet the guest By thy lone rivers of the West ; How faith is kept , and truth revered , And man is loved , and God is feared , In woodland homes , And where the ocean border foams . There's ...
... hill and glen ; - What cordial welcomes greet the guest By thy lone rivers of the West ; How faith is kept , and truth revered , And man is loved , and God is feared , In woodland homes , And where the ocean border foams . There's ...
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