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“Let’s not have a sniffle…”

Posted on 14 April 2013by M.C. Moran

…Let’s have a bloody good cry.

And always remember: the longer you live,
The sooner you bloody well die.

My dad, dying of cancer, singing “Isn’t It Grand, Boys.”

They broke the mold.

LaheyMoran

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