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From: GeoffLawes Date: 23 Jun 22 - 12:19 PM 9 April, 1806 Birth date of English engineer and inventor Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

HUMOURS OF WHISKEY Traditional c. 1825 Verses: Attributed to Joseph Lunn (1784-1863) Original Title: Paddy's Panacea
Earliest Date of Circulation from print or manuscript: 1901 from the publication by Manus O'Connor - Old Time Songs And Ballad Of Ireland

What'll make the lame walk? What'll make the dumb talk?
The elixir of life and philospher's stone!
And what helped Mr. Brunel to build the Thames Tunnel?
Oh! Wasn't it poteen from Malin Inishowen?

Humours of Whiskey sung by Colm R. McGuinness

Tge Thames Tunnell was built between 1825 and 1843 by Marc Brunel and his son Isambard using the tunnelling shield newly invented by the elder Brunel and Thomas Cochrane.
It is now part of the London Overground linking Wapping and Rotherhithe.


Various other recordings of “Humours of Whiskey “on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Humours+Of+Whiskey+song
Link to post above SONGS ABOUT ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL


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