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(8) Sixty bright guineas of pure gold,

my father will me provide,

With sixty acres of good land,

down by the Shannon-side.

I said, My lovely damsel,

I love the offer well,

But that I am engaged

the truth to you I tell,

Unto another damsel,

who is to be my bride,

A wealthy Grazier's Daughter,

that lives on yon mountain side.

Now since you will not marry me,

pray let me know your name,

That when your child is born,

I may call it the same.

I am called Captain Thunderbolt,

my name I'll never deny,

And I have men at my command,

on yonder mountain high.

We then shook hands and parted,

and straight I took my way,

And looking back behind me,

I hard her for to say,

Now I may be a warning,

to all fair maids beside,

Never to trust a man again

upon the Shannon-side.

Printed by J. and M. Robertson, Saltmarket,