In 1968 I wrote the sleeve notes for the LP 'The Dubliners Live at the Albert Hall' on Major Minor records. I wrote a small 'poem' on each of the members and for Ronnie:

Rasputin looks like Peek-a-Boo
When he's compared to Ronnie Drew,
As o'er a glass he stares at you
With those big eyes, red, white and blue.
His voice, like thunder in a glen
Would put the fear of death in men.
Dressed in 50 guinea suits
And hand stiched, Spanish leather boots,
He could be almost Royal-reared
Except for the porter in his beard!
I hear he's given up the drink
Before his soul to Hell doth sink,
And now he swallows, nice and slow,
Big cups of cofee, (Gaelic, though).