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... Tipperary , in which occur these two lines- " And thou ! dear village , loveliest of the clime , Fain would I name thee , but I scant in rhyme . " Dr. Fitzgerald's failure to find a rhyme for Tipperary drew forth the following curious ...
... Tipperary , in which occur these two lines- " And thou ! dear village , loveliest of the clime , Fain would I name thee , but I scant in rhyme . " Dr. Fitzgerald's failure to find a rhyme for Tipperary drew forth the following curious ...
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... Tipperary ; Toiled every day in February , But toiled in vain for Tipperary ; Searched Hebrew text and commentary , But searched in vain for Tipperary ; Bored all his friends in Inverary , To find a rhyme for Tipperary ; Implored the ...
... Tipperary ; Toiled every day in February , But toiled in vain for Tipperary ; Searched Hebrew text and commentary , But searched in vain for Tipperary ; Bored all his friends in Inverary , To find a rhyme for Tipperary ; Implored the ...
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... Tipperary . He travelled sad through Cork and Kerry , He drove like mad through sweet Dunleary , Kicked up a precious tantar - ara , But found no rhyme for Tipperary ; Lived fourteen weeks at Stan - ar - ara , Was well - nigh lost in ...
... Tipperary . He travelled sad through Cork and Kerry , He drove like mad through sweet Dunleary , Kicked up a precious tantar - ara , But found no rhyme for Tipperary ; Lived fourteen weeks at Stan - ar - ara , Was well - nigh lost in ...
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... Tipperary . Had he imbibed good old Madeira , Drank pottle - deep of golden sherry , Of Falstaff's sack , or ripe Canary , No rhyme had lacked for Tipperary . Or had his tastes been literary , He might have found extemporary Without the ...
... Tipperary . Had he imbibed good old Madeira , Drank pottle - deep of golden sherry , Of Falstaff's sack , or ripe Canary , No rhyme had lacked for Tipperary . Or had his tastes been literary , He might have found extemporary Without the ...
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... Tipperary , rhymes for , 172 Titles of books , alliterative , 33 Tombstones , anagrams on , 208 To my Mistress , 101 To my Nose , 165 To the Leading Periodical , 111 Trapp , the commentator , 33 Tryphiodorus , a Greek poet , 58 Turkish ...
... Tipperary , rhymes for , 172 Titles of books , alliterative , 33 Tombstones , anagrams on , 208 To my Mistress , 101 To my Nose , 165 To the Leading Periodical , 111 Trapp , the commentator , 33 Tryphiodorus , a Greek poet , 58 Turkish ...
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