The Limerick Rake

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I am a young fellow that's easy and 
bold,
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In Castletown Corners I'm very well 
known;
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In Newcastle West I spent many a 
note
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With Kitty and Jenny and Mary.

[Verse 2]
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My parents rebuked me for being such
 a rake
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And spending my time in such 
frolicsome ways,
      Dm
But I ne've could forget the good 
nature of Jane,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

[Verse 3]
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There's some say I'm foolish, 
there's more say I'm wise,
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For love of the women I'm sure 'tis 
no crime;
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For the son of King David had ten 
thousand wives
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And his wisdom is highly regarded.

[Verse 4]
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If I chance for to go to the town of
 Rathkeel,
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The girls all around me do flock on 
the square,
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Some give me a bottle and others 
sweetcakes,
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To treat me unknown to their 
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parents,

[Verse 5]
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There's one from Askeaton and one 
from the Pyke,
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And another from Ardour, my heart 
was beguiled,
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And being from the mountains, her 
stockings were white,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

[Verse 6]
Dm
John Damer of Shronel had plenty of 
gold
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And Devonshire's treasure was twenty
 times more,
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But he's laid on his back among 
nettles and stones,
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Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

[Verse 7]
Dm
And when I'm on my back and I'm laid
 to rest
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The women will crowd for to cry at 
my wake,
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And their sons and their daughters 
will utter their prayers
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To the Lord for the sake of their 
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father.