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"ref": "1984, Barbara Wernecke Durkin, Oh, You Dundalk Girls, Can't You Dance the Polka?, page 225",
"text": "Mighty Dundalk's passing by! HYDIE-HEY, HYDIE HO-OH! Hydie-hey, hydie ho-oh! SKIDDLY WIDDLY WADDLY WO!",
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"ref": "1961, Shanties from the Seven Seas, page 42",
"text": "Oh, we went up Channel with a new main yard, Ch. Singing skiddly, winkie, doodle all the day!",
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"ref": "1996, Ming Ming Chiu, Building Mathematical Understanding During Collaboration, page 39",
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"ref": "2005, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, William Cook, Goodbye Again: The Definitive Peter Cook and Dudley Moore",
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"ref": "1966, James McNeish, Fire under the ashes: the life of Danilo Dolci, page 30",
"text": "Virgilio went on: \"All he had with him was a woman's basket, a skiddly woman's basket, and some olives and dried figs.",
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"ref": "2011, Keith Maillard, Looking Good: Difficulty at the Beginning",
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