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Would you bid
someone ‘ta-ra’
(tabhair aire) if it wasn’t
for Irish Navvies?

 

Would you
tell a ‘bloke’
to shut his ‘gob’
if it wasn’t for Irish Pavees?

 

Would you drink
a cup of ‘char’
if it wasn’t
for Indian farmers?

 

Would you sleep
well at night
if it wasn’t for Persian
‘pyjamas’?

 

Would you drink
‘alcohol’
if it wasn’t for
Arab cosmetics?

 

Would you know
a wound made rotten
if the Greeks
didn’t call it ‘septic’?

 

Would you enjoy
‘Karaoke’ Night
if it wasn’t
for the Japanese?

 

Would you have
‘ketchup’ on your fish and chips
if it wasn’t for the Malay
and Chinese?

 

If Rome hadn’t conquered
long before you
would you eat
‘al dente pastas’?

 

Would your pale faced
children say ‘wah gwan’
if it wasn’t for
Jamaicans or Rastas?

 

© poormansdreams

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