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When I am at my work each day
In the fields so fresh and green
I often think of riches and the way things might have been
But believe me when I tell you when I get home each day
I'm as happy as a sandboy with my wee cup of tay


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Patrick McCabe

Patrick McCabe

Born: March 27, 1955 (age 70)
Bio: Patrick McCabe is an Irish writer. Known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary often small-town Ireland, McCabe has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto, both of which have been made into films.
Known for:
  1. The Butcher Boy (1992)
  2. Breakfast on Pluto (1998)
  3. The Dead School (1995)
  4. Winterwood (2006)
  5. Emerald Germs of Ireland (2001)

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