"And with my advice, faith I wish you'd take me."
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Widow Machree, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Samuel Lover
Samuel Lover (February 24, 1797 β July 6, 1868) was an Irish songwriter, composer,
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