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1882–1950

AT THE FAIR

James Stephens

The lark shall never come to say To a gombeen-man, “Good day,” And the lark shall never cry To a kindly man, “Good-bye.”

See the greedy gombeen-man Taking everything he can From man and woman, dog and cat — And the lark does not like that.

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