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II. THE REVOLT OF THE GOODIES.

An Episode of a Past Generation.

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To which Mistress Biddie retorted : -

"Och, shure I don't care, but do jist as ye please,

I'll lave ye to do yer own work;

Be jabbers, I've lived in the best families

But I niver have seen such a Turk."

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Then out of the room the virago did haste,

And into the Yard she did hie,

And muttering something about an "ould baste,"

She summoned the Goodies near by.

The Goodies emerged from the cellars and bins

With brushes and dust pan in hand;

Bandannas were tied 'neath their bristle-clad chins,

And their petticoats looped with a band.

Mistress Biddie O'Donnell was the foremost to speak

As her sisters ran up to the spot,

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