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Oi laid th' cork t' wan soide an' emptied th' contints av th' bottle down th' drain, excipt

wan small tumblerful, which Oi drank.

Oi thin removed th' cork from another bottle, an' emptied th' contints down th' drain,

excipt a small tumblerful, which Oi also drank.

Oi thin removed th' cork from another bottle, an' emptied th' contints down th' drain,

excipt a small tumblerful, which Oi drank.

Oi thin removed another bottle from th' cork an' emptied th' drain down th' contints,

excipt a small tumblerful, which Oi drank.

Oi thin removed -- another drain from th' contints -- and -- and emptied th' small cork

down th' tumblerful, excipt a bottle -- which Oi drank.

Oi thin bottled another small remove -- from th' tumbler -- excipt a small corkful --

which Oi drained -- an' contentsed th' drank down th' bottle.

Oi thin tankled a bump from 'nother dottle an' -- Oi mean Oi dunkled a tump from

'nother copple -- you see, me frind, Oi mean Oi drankled a kump -- Oi mean Oi cackled

a -- Oi mean Oi conkled -- Oi -- Oi -- well, annyhow, Oi did it t' all thim twilve bottles.

Thim bottles was now all impty, an' Oi steadied th' house wid wan hand an' counted th'

bottles wid th' other. There was twinty-siven left out av th' dozen! Thin Oi got me