| Show THE IRISH WEDDING Tim Malony Annie Bourke and his cous in Pat ORourke Wid the bottle pecpln slyly from his tails sir Och they followd wld a smile each his colleen up the aisle And they ret down their shellalles at the all sir And Father Tom McCoy faith his Reverence Rev-erence nas a boy That would hardly know the meaning of a deadlock So he laid them out in twos and youd barely wipe your shoes Ere he had em nately jined In holy wedlock wed-lock Oglln and slphin Comes aisv as lyln But youd want a shmart boy while t knot was a tyin Then each bridegroom steps aside to solute so-lute his bloomin bride When his Reverence cuts among em like a knife boys Is it so I sue yez ctand and he lets em feel the hand Each akisslng of lila neighbors pretty wIfe boy 7 Says Malnny WIrrasthrue och whatever whatev-er will I do Troth Id like to see my wake this blessed bles-sed minute For ycur Reverence had us mlxt at the moment ite was fixt And black bigamys the shmallest fasts thats in It Oglln and slghln Comes alsy as lyln But youd want a shmart boy while the knot was atyin Says hH Reverence in a heat Had ye neither bark nor bleat And obsarvln how ondacently Id jlne yez Faith I spliced ye so complete that another an-other hair ud beat His Holiness the Pope to dlsentwina yez Then each bride she dropped her head and says Andy blushin red Tho they wasnt just the special girls we courted Were so taken wld the charms of the colleens col-leens on our arms Falx wfll slay the way your Reverence Rever-ence has us sorted Oglm and slghin Comes alsy as lyln But you want a shmart boy while the knot was atvln TKKRENCB HOUK1GAN The Spectator |
