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SAINT PATRICK WAS A GENTLEMAN by ANONYMOUS

Last Line: FORGET THE GOOD SAINT PATRICK / AND SEE THE SNAKES AGAIN
Subject(s): "DRINKS & DRINKING;PATRICK, SAINT (5TH CENTURY);TOASTS;"

Saint Patrick was a gentleman,
Who through strategy and stealth,
Drove all the snakes from Ireland—
Here's a bumper to his health.
But not too many bumpers,
Lest we lose ourselves, and then
Forget the good Saint Patrick
And see the snakes again.



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