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Walter 'Monk' McGinn:I've got forty-four notches on my club. Do you know what they're for? They're to remind me what I owe God when I die. My father was killed in battle, too. In Ireland, in the streets, fighting those who would take as their privilege what could only be got and held by the decimation of a race. That war is a thousand years old and more. We never expected it to follow us here. It didn't. It was waiting for us when we landed. Your father tried to carve out a corner of this land for his tribe. That was him, that was his dead rabbits. I often wondered... if he had lived a bit longer, would he have wanted a bit more?
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I got 44 notches in my club
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Do you know what they're for
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To remind me of what I owe God when I die
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My father was killed in battle too
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In Ireland in the streets
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fighting those who would take as their privilege
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what could only be got and held by the decimation of a race
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That war is 1 000 years old or more
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We never expected it to follow us here
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It didn't
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It was waiting for us when we landed
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Your father tried to carve out a corner in this country for his tribe
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That was him That was his 'Dead Rabbits'
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I often wondered if he'd lived a bit longer
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would he have wanted a bit more
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Movie Summary
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
