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NORA McCARTY.
[IRISH AIR]
1.
Nora is pretty,Nora is witty,
Witty and pretty as pretty can be!
She 's the completest
Of girls, and the neatest,
The brightest and sweetest:
But she 's not for me.
Mavourneen!
2.
Nora, be still, you!Nora, why will you
Be witty and pretty as pretty can be,
So strong and so slender,
So haughty and tender,
So sweet in your splendor,—
And yet not for me?
Mavourneen!
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