SiriMurthy, I'm pretty sure that jt-3d was ripping on those sad folk who would say something like that... and actually mean it, bankshot from a more overt poke at the quirky translation.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.