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Now Councilman O'Hoolihan do'n't b'lave in annixation, / He says thim Phillypynos air the r-r-ruin av the nation. / He says this counthry's job is jist a-mindin' av her biz, / And imparyilism's thrayson, so ut is, so ut is. / But big Moike Macnamara, him that runs the gin saloon, / He wants the nomina-a-tion, so he sings a different chune; / He's a-howlin' fer ixpansion, so he puts ut on the shlate / Thot he challenged Dan O'Hoolihan ter have a j'int debate.
_Ho, ho! Begorra! Oi wisht that ye 'd been there! / Ho, ho! Begorra! 'Twas lovely, Oi declare_; / _The langwudge, sure 't was iligant, the rhitoric was great_, / _Whin Dan and Mack, they had ut back, / At our big j'int debate_.