[Ads-l] "I say...Lusitani-ay"

[James Landau]

One more data point on "-ay"
The song "Drill Ye Tarriers Drill" has the rhyme       For it's work all day        for sugar in your tay       down beyant the railway...
The song is written in Irish, or pseudo-Irish dialect, with "tarriers" being the pronunciation of "terriers" and "tay" for "tea".

James Landau
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