McCARTHY'S MARE

We started to the Fair,with Spirits Light and Hearty,
Behind McCarty's Mare, oh! it was a lovely party!
You never saw the likes of it,believe me what i say,
Sure,we had a roaring racket, but the mare she ran away.

Off she went! off she went! begob, I was not worth a cent
The seat was just as hard as flint, behind McCarty's Mare

"Hould her in!" McCarty cried; "Stop her" says McCue,
I thought I'd shake to pieces as along the roar we flew;
Me head was swimming like a top, my heart was in despair,
The divil himself was in the wheels behind McCarty's Mare.

McCarty held the reins, and Murphy held McCarthy,
But Whisky filled their brains and made them wild and hearty,
Maloney tumbled out behind, and there we let him lay,
Sure I offered to assist him, but the Mare she ran away!

Me dacent coat was tore, me hat was left behind me,
I rattled and I swore, and I thought the dust would blind me,
In holes and ditches went the wheels--oh, murther, what a day,
Sure, meself was kilt entirely, with the mare that run away.

I'm sorry, but I don't know the Tune
All the best
Frank......