It was one night at a long time ago when ^|aAdam was delvin & his madami madamene spinning watersilts^a| Sir Howther had his ^|aburnt^a| head up in his ^|abrain hive^a| lamphouse ^|awith laying ^|bcold^b| hands on himself^a|. And his two little jimminies were ^|anot yet^a| kicking on the oilcloth of the ^|a|bcashel roomhouse van homerigh homecashel earthenhouse^b|a|, Tristopher & Hilary. With their dummy. And who come to the keep of his inn but the ^|aniece of his^a| prankwench. ^|aAnd the prankwench picked a rosy one & made her wit forenenst the dour.^a| And spoke she to the dour ^|ain petty perusienne^a|: ^|aI want a cup of porter Why do I like a poss of porterpease^a|. But the dour handworded her ^|agrace ^|bin dootch nossow^b|a|: Shut. So ^|ashe her grace o'malice^a| snapped up Tristopher and she ^|aran, ran, ran rain rain rain^a|. And Sir Howther warlessed after her ^|ain his Finngallese^a|: ^|aStop deef stop.^a| Come back to my Earin ^|aStop^a|. But the she ^|asware swareded in her^a| at to him: ^|aUnlikely. Unlikelyhood.^{a| |a}And there was a brandnewwail ^|bthat same sabbaoth^b| somewhere in Erio^a| Then the prankwench went for a ^|ahundred years forty years walk^a| and she washed the ^|ascabs blessings^a| off the jiminy and ^|ashe had her four ^|bowlers^b| monitors for to^a| taught him
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his tickles and ^|abrought him she ^|bwas came raining back ^|cthrough the westerness^c|b| back again in a brace of samers^a| back to Sir Howther another night at another time. ^|aAnd where did she come but to the bar of his bristolry.^a| And Sir Howther had his heels ^|adown drowned^a| in his ^|adr^a| cellarmalt ^|ashaking ^|bwarm^b| hands with himself^a| and his little jiminy, Hilary, and his dummy were on the ^|awatercloth, kissing & spitting tearsheet ^|bof the cashel^b|, wringing & coughing ^|bin their first infancy^b|a|. And the prankwench ^|asaid to the wicked picked a paly one & made witter before the wicked^a|. ^|aI want 2 cupsa Why do I like 2 poss of^a| porterpeace.
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^|aAnd But^a| the wicked handworded ^|aher grace^a|. Shut. Then ^|athe prankwench her grace o'malice^a| put down Tristopher & picked up ^|awith^a| Hilary and she ^|aran, ran, ran rain, rain, rain^a|. And Sir Howther bleethered atter her: ^|aStop ^|bDeef Damd^b| stop^a| Come back with my Earring. ^|aStop^a| But she swareadid to him: Am liking it. ^|aAnd there was a funtold grandnewwail ^|bthat altarsame sobbaoth^b| somewhere in Erio.^a| Then the prankwench went for a hundred years ^|awar walk ^|bwith Hilary^b|a| and she punched ^|aholes in curses into^a| him & ^|ashe had her four ^|blarksical^b| monitrix to^a| taught him his tears & then she went ^|awith her ^|bLarryat Larryhill^b|a| for another hundred years walk & ^|abrought^a|
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^|ain a pair of changes she was^a| back to Sir Howther. ^|aAnd why did she halt at all, but by the ward of his mansionhome ^|banother a third time for the third charm^b|a|. Sir Howther had his ^|ahead hurricane hips^a| up to his pantrybox and his little jiminy ^|aTristopher Toughertrees^a| & the dummy were belord on the tarsheet watercloth, kissing & spitting, ^|a|b& roguing & poghuing^b| in their second infancy^a|. And the prankswench ^|asaid to the Gate she picked a blank & made her wittest in front of the ^|bArchway Arkway^b| of Triumph & asked^a|: Why ^|aam I like 3 cupsa do I like 3 poss^a| porterpeace And Sir Howther came ^|a|bhip hip^b| handicap^a| out ^|aof the gate through his arkway^a| as far ^|aas long as he could of his 3 cashels ^|byellow green blue red orange violet hair all in his ^|cbroadginger civic chollar &^c| allbuffshirt like a ^|credwary redyellin^c| orangeman in his violet indigonation ^|c|dby the whole length of the strength to the whole longth of the strongth^d| of his bowman's bill^c|b|a|. ^|aAnd he put his rude hand to his ^|bhackneyseat E C Haitch^b|. ^|bAnd he ordered And his thick speech spuck for her^b| to shut up shop^|b, dammy^b|. And the dummy shot the shutter down and they all drank free.^a| And ^|athis that^a| was the first peace of porter ^|aof illiterative porthery in the whole flooding^a|. The prankwench was to ^|aget the dummy hold her dummyship^a| & the jiminies was to keep their ^|apeace peacewave^a| & ^|athe Sir^a| Howther was to get the wind up.