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On a moonlit night, the Sergeant keeps guard at the quayside in a small, seaport town. Ireland is under British rule and the policemen are in the service of the British government. He is looking out for a republican convict as he is sure that the rebel will attempt to escape across the sea and he hopes to capture him for a reward. Left alone on watch, the Sergeant meets a ragged man who purports to be a ballad singer. They begin to talk and their conversation drifts to the past and moments in
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Sergeant: Where are you going?
Man: I’m a poor ballad-singer, your honour. I thought to sell some of these (holds out bundle of ballads) to the sailors. (He goes on.)
Sergeant: Stop! Didn’t I tell you to stop? You can’t go on there.
Man: Oh, very well. It’s a hard thing to be poor. All the world’s against the poor!
Sergeant: Who are you?
Man: You’d be as wise as
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