Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
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> To Bill on his birthday,
>
> Happy birthday to you,
> Happy birthday to you,
> If you ever give me the black flag again,
> I'll take back your hat.
>
> Oh, that didn't quite rhyme, did it?
>
> Let's try that again...
>
> Happy birthday to you,
> So the smoke was real blue...
> It's English and worn out,
> Just like you too.
>
> There, how's that? Is Dalton English?
>
> Happy birthday from all your friends at Team Thicko.
>
> WST
> English?! This Dalton is Irish and Sicilian. My father's father came from
>Central Ireland in 1877 and my mother came from Vente Miglia Sicily in 1910.
>English! How else do you think I could have such an appreciation of corn beef
>and cabbage as well as lasagna and gnocchi? By the way good Italian food is
>scarce out here in the hinterlands.
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