Lord Leitrim

O you gentlemen of the shamrock pay attention to my ditty
 Be alive to your duty, be wise and be witty
 Keep your powder dry and we'll make the tyrants fall
 And we'll give them what Lord Leitrim got below in Donegal
 With me riddle lol de day right
 Fol lol the riddle lol de riddle lol de day right
 Fol de rol de ree
 It being on the 2nd of April this old debaucher left his den
 He left bailiffs, bums, and harlots in the castle in Lough Rynn
 To Makem and Kincaid he'd give a hellish bawl
 Saying we'
 ll tumble down the cabins in the County Donegal
 These 2 crafty looking renegades old Shiny did obey
 Saying "we'll hurl out the Papish and
 we'll drown them in the sea
 As Cromwell did in days of yore
 we'll waste them great and small
 And we'll desola
 te their farms today below in Donegal"
 "Oh me lord I feel so horrified" cruel Makem he did say
 "For my mind it has foretold me we'll meet Rory on the way"
 His lordship then did answer in the presence of Kincaid
 "Of Rory or the Devil sure I never was a
 fraid"
 So they road away together on that unlucky day
 Until they came to Cretlagh wood near an angle of the sea
 Where poor Rory he was standing just seven by a squall
 All for to protect the widows in the County Donegal
 When young Rory seen them coming
 his heart it lept with glee
 He gave 3 cheers for tenant rights, home rule and liberty
 "Our maidens fair and colleen bawn
 that were proper slim and tall
 'Twas by you they were sent o'er the sea far far from Donegal"
 This monster's face began to foam
 and his venom he did spew
 And roar out in a hellish tone "Sir tell me who are you?"
 "Oh my Lord, I'm Rory of The Hill that makes you welcome all
 To a hearty dose of bullet pills this day in Donegal"
 Cruel Makem cr
 ies "Spare us our lives
 Mister Rory if you please!"
 "No no for when you lie with dogs you're sure to rise with fleas
 The boys was laughing at the joke, they stood behind the wall
 Sayin' "We'll pepper 'em up with powder and smoke
 this day in Donegal"
 "Oh go on me boys" says Rory "Make ready present and fire"
 At his old brain they took fair aim
 and they hurled him in the mire
 To revenge the joke his head they broke
 and his carcass they did maul
 They stuck him in a pool his head to cool below in
 Donegal
 "Well done me boys" says Rory as he turned to the sea
 And merrily jumped into a boat that there at anchor lay
 "We can paddle our own canoes, we've got a speedy shal
 And hurray me boys" says Rory "for the maids in Donegal"
 Oh the policemen like buzzards
 gathered round this dirty beast
 And the devils all both great and small
 they had a sumptuous feast
 He was dissected like a bullock down in Manor Vaughan Hall
 And the devils ate him rump and stump that night in Donegal