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FATHER JERDAN.
One Father Jerdan once bestowed a gunUpon a poor man passing through the town.
The poor man straight into an ale-house went
And, having sold the gun, the money spent:
To whom the Father answer'd in this fashion:
“I'd rather lose my coat than my compassion.”
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