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Verse 1
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Oh, my name it is Nell,
and the truth part to tell.
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I come from Coat Hill,
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which I'll never deny.
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I had a fine drake,
and I die for his sake,
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that my grandmother left me,
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and she gone to die.
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The dear little fellow,
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his legs they were yellow,
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He could fly like a swallow,
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or swim like a hake,
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Till some dirty savage took
grace his white cabbage,
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Most wantonly murdered
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me beautiful drake.
Now his neck it was green,
almost fit to be seen
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He was fit for a queen of the highest degree
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His body was white,
and it would you delight
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He was plump, fat and heavy,
and brisk as a bee
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He was wholesome an d sound,
he would weigh twenty pound
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And the universe round,
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he would roam for his sake
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But look to the robber,
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be he drunk or sober,
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That murder'd Nell Flaherty's
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beautiful drake.
May his spade never dig,
may his sow never pig,
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May each hair in his wig
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be well thriced with the flail,
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May his door never latch,
may his roof have no thatch,
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May his turkeys not hatch,
may the rat set his mail.
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May every old fairy from
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Cork to Dun Laoghaire
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Dip him snug and airy in river or lake
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That the eel and the trout
they may dine on the snout
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Of the monster that murdered
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Nell Flaherty's drake
May his pig never grunt,
may his cat never hunt
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May a ghost ever haunt him
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at dead of the night
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May his hens never lay,
may his horse never neigh
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May his goat fly away like
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an old paper kite
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That the flies and the fleas
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may the wretch ever tease,
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May the piercing March breeze
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make him shiver and shake,
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May a lump of his stick
raise the bumps fast and thick,
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On the monster that murdered
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Nell Flaherty's drake.
Well, the only good news
that I have to infuse
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Is that old Paddy Hughes and
young Anthony Blake,
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Also Johnny Dwyer and Corny McGuire,
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They each have a grandson
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of my darlin' Drake.
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Me treasure hath dozens of
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nephews and cousins,
And one I must get
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or me heart it will break.
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For to set me mind easy
or else I'll run crazy,
So ends the whole song
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of Nell Flatterty's Drake.
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