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212 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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To the Fiddler says Dermot McFigg,
" If you'll please to play ' Sheela na gig,' We'll shake a loose toe While you humor the bow.
To be sure you must warm the wig Of McFigg,
While he's dancing a neat Irish jig ! " |
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But says Katty, the darling, says she, " If you'll only just listen to me,
It's myself that will show
Billy can't be your foe, Tho' he fought for his Cousin, that's me,"
Says she, " For sure Billy's related to me ! |
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"For my own cousin-german, Ann Wilde,
Stood for Biddy Mulrooney's first child, And Biddy's stepson, Sure he married Bess Dunn,
Who was gossip to Jenny, as mild A child
As ever at mother's breast smiled. |
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"And maybe you don't know Jane Brown, Who served goat's whey in sweet Dundrum town.
'Twas her uncle's half-brother
That married my mother, And bought me this new yellow gown,
To go down, When the marriage was held in Miltown ! " |
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