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LOVE'S VICISSITUDES.
Being an account of trouble in love, and a sad overturn of fortune's ladder.
Judy Catharine O'Brady,
Long time ago,
Was “eddicated” as a lady,
As she could show.
Long time ago,
Was “eddicated” as a lady,
As she could show.
Servants had she ever waiting,
Long time ago,
With ready hearts a-palpitating
Her will to know.
Long time ago,
With ready hearts a-palpitating
Her will to know.
Fine domains were spread before her,
Long time ago,
Fortune's skies were smiling o'er her,
Ne'er knew she woe.
Long time ago,
Fortune's skies were smiling o'er her,
Ne'er knew she woe.
Propitious seasons, in their seeming,
Long time ago,
Wove fairy tinges in her dreaming,
Of gorgeous glow.
Long time ago,
Wove fairy tinges in her dreaming,
Of gorgeous glow.
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But love, the wily little de—mon,
Long time ago,
Bestrewed her rosy path with evil,
As we will show.
Long time ago,
Bestrewed her rosy path with evil,
As we will show.
Her heart to Tam McShane was given,
Long time ago,
Who followed diggin' for a livin'
Turf-bogs and so.
Long time ago,
Who followed diggin' for a livin'
Turf-bogs and so.
Secret was their love conducted,
Long time ago;
Her father could not be instructed,
His wrath would flow!
Long time ago;
Her father could not be instructed,
His wrath would flow!
Duds and money, in abundance,
Long time ago,
Plate and jewels in redundance,
He had to show.
Long time ago,
Plate and jewels in redundance,
He had to show.
And, wealthiest he upon the Carron,
Long time ago,
Had willed that Kate should wed a baron,
She glad or no.
Long time ago,
Had willed that Kate should wed a baron,
She glad or no.
Their secret soon did he discover,
Long time ago;
She left the country with her lover,
Her all below.
Long time ago;
She left the country with her lover,
Her all below.
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Poverty soon found, nor left them,
Long time ago;
Privation of their health bereft them,
Death crowned the woe.
Long time ago;
Privation of their health bereft them,
Death crowned the woe.
He drank iced water, when all heated,
Long time ago;
And shared the fate to all those meted
Who will do so.
Long time ago;
And shared the fate to all those meted
Who will do so.
And she, ah! sad was her condition,
Long time ago;
She, the polished and the rich 'un,
Or lately so.
Long time ago;
She, the polished and the rich 'un,
Or lately so.
Sad her end to write or hark it,
Long time ago,
She retailed peaches by the market,
And apples also!
Long time ago,
She retailed peaches by the market,
And apples also!
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