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Both Meat and Dhrink

Found in Both_Meat_and_Dhrink_1.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
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X: 1
T:Both Meat and Dhrink
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
Z: transcribed by Bil 3/00
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:"Old Pat Kane" was a Wexford
N:man who worked on a rich man's
N:estate in the Philadelphia suburbs.
N:Ed visited Pat and his wife
N:in the early seventies, a year
N:or so after his visit to Ireland.
N:Pat worked the farm much as he did
N:in the Old Country and he had
N:great flavor in his language. He
N:liked his bottle of "Porther,"
N:whenever he could get it. He
N:often exclaimed that man needed
N:nothing else to sustain himself
N:in this life. "It is more
N:than a drink," he was heard to
N:say-"it's both meat and dhrink."
K:G

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