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Thread #11419   Message #4033742
Posted By: GUEST
11-Feb-20 - 11:58 PM
Thread Name: Wheel of Fortune (Dublin City)
Subject: RE: Wheel of Fortune (Dublin City)
I've heard two other verses in which the narrator went out to or came home from Dublin City variously as the sun began to set and at the hour of half past eight.
The hair verse had her catching a moth in a golden net - i believe this refers to the Spanish Lady (prostitute) catching a male passer-by, but I can't remember the rest. In the other verse, I'm sure she was washing her hair, but I can't remember any more.
The Wheel verse as I recall went:
20, 18, 16, 14,   12, 10, 8, 6, 4 and none,
19, 17, 15, 13,   11, 9, 7, 5, 3 and one,
Round and round goes the wheel of fortune,
Where it stops I cannot see,
Pretty girls are all deceiving
Sad misfortune teaches me.