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A-courting Mary Jane, or a-sparking Sunday night.

Indeed I am so bashful my love for you must excuse,

If a young gal should propose, I don't think I'd refuse.

Where's all the liquor, our bacon and

greens,

Our starry flag shall wave from Maine to New Orleans.

But there's noble Washington, his name you can't erase,

For he was the right man in the right place.

I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL.

OH! I am not myself at all, Molly dear, Molly dear,

I am not myself at all,

Nothing caring, nothing knowing, 'tis after you I'm going,

Faith your shadow 'tis I'm growing, Molly dear, Molly dear,

And I'm not myself at all.

Th' other day I went confessin', and I asked the father's blessin',

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But," says I, "don't give me one entirely,

For I fretted so last year, but the half o' me is here,

So give the other half to Molly Brierly; Oh! I'm not myself at all."

Oh! I'm not myself at all, Molly dear, Molly dear,

My appetite's so small,

I once could pick a goose, but my buttons is no use,

Faith my tightest coat is loose, Molly dear, Molly dear,

And I'm not myself at all.

If thus it is I waste, you'd better, dear, make haste,

Before your lover's gone away entirely,
If you don't soon change your mind,
Not a bit o' me you'll find,

And what 'ud you think o' that, Molly
Brierly?

Oh! I'm not myself at all.

Oh! my shadow on the wall, Molly dear, Molly dear,

Is'nt like myself at all.

For I've got so very thin, myself says 'tis'nt him,

But that purty girl so slim, Molly dear, Molly dear,

And I'm not myself at all.

If thus I smaller grow, all fretting, dear,

for you,

'Tis

you

should make me up the defi

ciency,

So just let Father Taaf,

Make you my better half,

And you will not the worse for the addition be;

.Oh! I'm not myself at all.

I'll be not myself at all, Molly dear, Molly dear,

'Till you my own I call;

Since a change o'er me there came, sure you might change your name,

And 'twould just come to the same, Molly dear, Molly dear,

Oh! 'twould just come to the same; For if you and I were one, all confusion would be gone,

And 'twould simplify the mather entirely,

And 'twould save us so much bother, When we'd both be one another, So listen now to rayson, Molly Brierly; Oh! I'm not myself at all.

THE IRISH JAUNTING CAR.

My name is Larry Doolan, I'm a native of the soil,

If you want a day's diversion, I'll drive you out in style,

My car is painted red and green, and on the door a star,

And the pride of Dublin city is my Irish jaunting car.

Chorus.-Then, if you want to hire me, step into Mickey Mar's,

And ask for Larry Doolan and his Irish jaunting cars.

When Queen Victoria came to Ireland her health to revive,

She asked the Lord Lieutenant to take her out to ride ;

She replied unto his greatness, before they traveled far,

How delightful was the jogging of the Irish jaunting car.

I'm hired by drunken men, tetotalers, and my friends,

But a cartman has so much to do, his duty never ends;

Night and day, both wet and dry, I travel near and far,

And at night I count the earnings of my Irish jaunting car.

Some say the Russian bear is tough, and I believe it's true,

Though we beat them at the Alma and Balaklava, too,

But if our Connaught Rangers would bring home the Russian Czar,

I would drive them off to blazes in my Irish jaunting car.

Some say all wars are over, I hope to God they are,

For you know full well they never were good for a jaunting car,

But peace and plenty-may they reign here, both near and far,

Then we'll drive to feasts and festivals in an Irish jaunting car.

They say they are in want of men, the French and English, too,

And it's all about their commerce now they don't know what to do,

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