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Chapter 53 No.53

The next example is a type of many of the sings. It turns on a piece of local gossip. The "at last" is significant and points to Catherine being an old offender. The proffered sympathy is hardly sincere.

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Ho biddybye, biddybye

me yerry the talk biddybye,

say Cat'rine gone a prison

biddybye poor me Cat'rine oh biddybye

            
            

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