That's the hint we needed, Lighter. I wonder what's beocme of Liam's Brother (Dan Milner), now that we rarely see him any more. Must be tough on him, working for a living and all...

Brave Old Donnelly

It's of a noble lady and she coming from a ball,
And she spied that jolly tinker hammering pots against her wall.

CHORUS
And it's brave old Donnelly,
"Good enough, "says she.
"There's good blood in that Donnelly
And he's the boy for me!"

He sauntered through the kitchen and he sauntered through the hail. And he sauntered through the parlour over nobles great and small.
CHORUS

She then went up the stairs all for to make the bed,
But in two steps he was after her and he tapped her on the bed.
CHORUS

She then went down the stairs for to bolt and bar the door
And in two steps he was after her and he tapped her on the floor.
CHORUS

She then took our her whistle and she blew it loud and shrill
And twenty fat policemen came a-running down the hill.
CHORUS

She then had him arrested and he got six months in jail
Then she went in behind his back, let another man out on bail.
CHORUS

It's of a noble lady and she coming from a ball,
She spied that jolly tinker hammering pots against her wall.
CHORUS

Source: A Bonny Bunch of Roses: Songs of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Dan Milner & Paul Kaplan

Milner's notes: John Beggan, a singer and mandolin player from Dublin, taught me this great version of "The Jolly Tinker." I once recorded it with Declan Hunt in Boston, but mercifully our rendition was never issued. The song goes well in either jig or polka time.

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