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Divider from 'Be a good boy and take care of yourself', an undated chapbook printed in Glasgow

BE A GOOD BOY AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

When I was at home with my father and mother,I bate the ould couple, and Thady my brother,At learning I mean, for I handled my spade,And nately I followed the turf-cutting trade.But ould father Murphy, our parish director"Arrah. Barney,' says he "you are a frolicsome elf,"But be a good boy, and take care of yourself.With your toorle lol, toorle lol toorle lol loeToorle lol, toorle lol' toorle lol loo.

My Judy I lov'd and oft gave me a kiss,"Fie Barney," says she, but ne'er took it amiss.One I took leave, says I "Judy I'm off"But heard as I thought in the closet a cough,So I opened the door, and I star'd like a pig.There stood ould father Murphy, without hat or wig;