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1. Betty Hegarty's Bit of Moonshine (continued)

   

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   Now, as ever, man's resourcefulness
   So sorely tried as that
   He straightway must shoot the landlord,
   He must rob a bank or what?
   Yerra no! behold that twinkling
   Brightening up the roguish eye!
   And how cleverly he'll manage
   You will learn by and by.

   For a ride, used go the landlord
   Every morning just at nine.
   In that circumstance and moment
   Batty's plot must fall in line.
   Out of doors betimes he sallied
   And he slyly took his stand
   By the landlord's flanking stonewall
   With the crowbar in his hand.

   There he waits in expectation,
   Whether will he win or fail?
   Meeting with opposing forces
   Batty ne'er was known to quail.
   When at last it is the landlord, -
   Hear his horse's hoofs to sing -
   Up jumps Batty, grips his crowbar
   Wields it with a mighty swing.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mark Lucey

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   90

   Address

   Ratooragh, Co. Cork