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Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? In the Bridgegate lived one Barney M;Dade, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? Carrying bricks and mortar was his trade, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? He loved a girl they called O'Hara, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? Her father owned a candy barrow, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? Phillalo, whillalo, here and there; Clear the way here's Barney coming in! Tearing, swearing, drinking, fighting madcap, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? He wanted Biddy to be his wife, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? But her father swore he'd take her life, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? So he went and got blind drunk one night, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? And kicked the bucket just for spite ! Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? Phillalo, whillalo, &c. Now Biddy felt she had done great ills, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? So she swallowed a box of Brunsdon's pills. Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? Then she blew hor nose and heaved a sigh, Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? And her friends all cried what made you die ? Arrah cushla Biddy won't you take me now ? Phillalo, whillalo, &c. Sold by JAMES LINDSAY, Printer and Wholesale Stationer, &c.,9 King Street,(off Trongate,) Glas- gow. Upwards of 5,000 sorts always on hand; also, a great variety of Picture-Books, Song-Books, Histories, &c. Shops and Hawkers supplied on Liberal Terms.
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Probable date of publication:
1852-1859 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.178.A.2(045)
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