Park   Ave.   at   Ninetieth   Street,   1884.

CHAPTER VI

Clarence McFadden - He Wanted to Dance - Down
Went McGinty - Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill - Cam¬
paign Songs - Pat Gilmore's Band - Torchlight
Parades
 

IN those primitive times the mechanical Hft for raising
brick and mortar in building operations was unknown.
The usual instrument for this necessary process was a
stolid Milesian in a red shirt, overalls and brogans, all
liberally encrusted in lime, and gripping between his teeth
an inevitable, black abbreviated clay pipe. The skill with
which the ascent and descent were accomplished became
a matter of pride with the workers and gave rise to the
famous "McGinty" song.

.Sunday morning, just at nine, Dan McGinty dressed so fine
Stood looking up at a very high stone wall
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