A Song

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Little Boy Blue

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Somebody

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“Boys, Keep Up The Fire”

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His Kindly Efforts

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A Young Champion

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Which Road

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Cork

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Babies

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Will Be Him

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To A Star

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Repartee Irlandaise

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Wealth

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My Dad’s Dinner Pall

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Washing Day

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Triumphulent

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The Auto Blew Up At Lodore

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Da’ American Girl

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Vanity Vanity

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A New Poet

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