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Thread #48959 Message #4088017
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
14-Jan-21 - 09:34 PM
Thread Name: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Subject: RE: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
I'll have to post the rest of this version over there. 3rd verse:
“If Johnny he was here to-night he'd keep me from all harm; He's in the field of battle all in his uniform. He's in the field of battle, and his foes he does defy, Like the rolling king of honor, going to the wars of Troy. Bould Sarsfield was not braver when Erin he did guard, And when the war is over, his king will him reward; He's crossing the main ocean for honor and for fame.” “No, no, fair maid, his ship was wrecked going by the coast of Spain.”” [The Banks of Clody [sic], The Universal Irish Song Book, 1898, p.70]