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Hombre Foca
Hombre Foca
Amerikey or Australeyey ;
I've no one at all to bury
me, unless it's that humpy one who comes here,
and she 's as proud as a Jew. She 's no cause to
be proud, with a hump on her; her father was just
a poor man, the same as any.
"This O'Donnell I was telling you. My father
seals, and all the merrows, and all them that 's
sea ;
and the seals were playing with him, singing
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ing Kate it was not right she should set her love
on one who wasn't like ourselves; but there's few
indeed is the young'U listen. They are all for
My treasure
*'
Once there were two sailors ;
and one of them
was Joe, and the other one was Jerry, and they
were fishermen. And they'd a
young apprentice-
feller, and his name was Jim. And Joe was a
g-reatone for his pot, and Jerry was a wonder at
his pipe; and Jim did all the work, and both of
be?'
" '