I wonder if it (John Chinaman's Appeal) derived from "The Peeler and the Goat"? The structure of verse 2, in particular, is very similar.

As with "until", the use of "mind" as in the first verse is quite common in Ireland.

In verse 4, I presume it's "queue race" rather than "cue"? Wonder what the last line was? I refuse to speculate!

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