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Thread #92602 Message #1771896
Posted By: Flash Company
29-Jun-06 - 07:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Any more of this Irish parody?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any more of this Irish parody?
Ewan MacColl had the first one as follows:-
Me father died a month ago And now I'm full of riches, A barbed-wire fence and fourteen pence, And a pair of wooden britches, A broken spout for pouring out, And a cup without a handle, An old tom-cat and a furry hat And half a ha'penny candle.
My late lamented Mother, when out to shock, would sing to the tune of 'The Girl I left behind me':-
Oh Mick struck Mike with a ball of s---e At the battle of the boiling water...