School: Moynalty (C.)
- Location:
- Moynalty, Co. Meath
- Teacher: (name not given)
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One summers evening as Judy Ruleman sat
On a green bank beside her husband Pat
Pat took a drop and Judy was displeased
She thus rebuked him and her voice she raised
She said you promised that you would refain
From drinking whiskey, now your drunk again
But your weak promise is not worth a fig.
For your mind's too narrow and your mouth's too big
You spend the money you should spend on me
On smiling Kate or jilting Jane Magee.
You pawn your reason and you pay your cash
For foul inflaming liquid wasting thrash
Pernicious whiskey poison in disguise
Mixed with nitre, pepper and french flies
The deady essence of corrosive drugs
Discharged from barrels and retailed in jugs.
And when those drugs your senses steal away
The crafty waiter then on you will play
Oh senseless booby, stupid, dull and blind
Mark what I say and bear it in your mind
When yoiu have the means the landlady's your friend(continues on next page)
