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Tommy O'Linn was a Scotsman born,

HNR 764

a
Tommy O'Linn was a Scotsman born,
His head was bald and his beard was shorn:
He had a cap made of a hare's skin,
An alderman was Tommy O'Linn.

b
Tommy O'Linn had no boots to put on,
But two calves' skins with the hair all gone:
They were split at the side, and the water went in,
It's damp to the feet, said Tommy O'Linn.

c
Tommy O'Linn had no coat to put on,
He borrowed a goatskin to make himself one:
He planted the horns right under his chin,
They'll answer for pistols, said Tommy O'Linn.

d
Tommy O'Linn had no breeches to wear,
So he got him a sheepskin to make him a pair,
With the skinny side out and the woolly side in,
Aha! this is warm, said Tommy O'Linn.

e
Tommy O'Linn had no watch to put on,
So he scooped out a turnip to make himself one:
He caught a cricket and put it within,
It is my own ticker, said Tommy O'Linn.

f
Tommy O'Linn went to bring his wife home,
He had but one horse that was all skin and bone:
I'll put her behind me as neat as a pin,
And her mother before me, said Tommy O'Linn.

g
Tommy O'Linn, his wife and wife's mother.
They all went over the bridge together:
The bridge broke down and they all tumbled in,
We'll find ground at the bottom, said Tommy O'Linn.




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