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       Brano estratto dal numero di
$GENNAIO-$MARZO #BJJH           N. #DD
                            $ANNO $XII

   $THE $IRISH $ROVER $TRADITIONAL    
                333#D/                
  #, <;$IN THE $YEAR OF OUR $LORD, 
EIGH-TEEN HUND-RED AND SIX, WE SET OUT
FROM THE $COAL $QUAY OF $CORK. $WE WE-
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BRICKS FOR THE GRAND $CI-TY $HALL IN 
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  #: <;E-LE-GANT CRAFT, SHE WAS RIGGED
.FORE AND AFT, AND HOW THE TRADE WINDS
DROVE HER. $SHE HAD 
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STOOD SEV-.RAL BLASTS, AND THEY CALLED
HER THE $I-RISH $RO-VER. 
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  $THERE WAS $BARNEY $MCGEE FROM THE 
BANKS OF THE $LEE,@ $THERE WAS $HOGAN 
FROM $COUNTY $TYRONE/@ $AND A CHAP CAL
-LED $MCGURK WHO WAS SCARED STIFF OF 
WORK@ $AND A CHAP FROM $WEST $MEADE 
CALLED $MELLONE/@ $THERE WAS $SLUGGER 
$O.$TOOLE WHO WAS DRUNK AS A RULE@ 
$AND FIGHTING $BILL $CASEY FROM $DO-
VER/@ $THERE WAS $DOOLEY FROM $CLAIRE 
WHO WAS STRONG AS A BEAR@ $AND WAS 
SKIPPER OF THE $IRISH $ROVER/@ 
  $WE HAD ONE MILLION BALES OF OLD BIL
-LY GOATS. TAILS,@ $WE HAD TWO MILLION
BUCKETS OF STONES/@ $WE HAD THREE MIL-
LION SIDES OF OLD BLIND HORSES HIDES,@
$WE HAD FOUR MILLION PACKETS OF BO-
NES/@ $WE HAD FIVE MILLION HOGS, WE 
HAD SIX MILLION DOGS,@ $AND SEVEN MIL-
LION BARRELS OF PORTER/@ $WE HAD EIGHT
MILLION BAGS OF THE BEST $SLIGO RAGS@ 
$IN THE HOLD OF THE $IRISH $ROVER/@ 
  $WE HAD SAILED SEVEN YEARS WHEN THE 
MEASLES BROKE OUT@ $AND THE SHIP LOST 
HER WAY IN A FOG/@ $AND THE WHOLE OF 
THE CREW WAS REDUCED UNTO TWO,@ .$TWAS
MYSELF AND THE CAPTAIN.S OLD DOG/@ 
$THEN THE SHIP STRUCK A ROCK WITH A 
TERRIBLE SHOCK@ $AND THEN SHE HEELED 
RIGHT OVER,@ $TURNED NINE TIMES A-
ROUND, AND THE POOR DOG WAS DROWNED--@
$I.M THE LAST OF THE $IRISH $ROVER/@