THE BROTH OF A BOY.

AN IRISH LYRIC.

AIR,--_I'm the boy for bewitching them_


Whisht, ye divils, now can't you be aisy,
Like a cat whin she's licking the crame.
And I'll sing ye a song just to plase you,
About myself, Dermot Macshane.
You'll own, whin I've tould ye my story.
And the janius adorning my race,
Although I've no brass in my pocket,
Mushagra! I've got lots in my face.
For in rainy or sunshiny weather,
I'm full of good whiskey and joy;
And take me in parts altogether,
By the pow'rs I'm a broth of a boy.

I was sint on the mighty world one day,
Like a squeaking pig out of a sack;
And, och, murder! although it was Sunday,
Without a clane shirt to my back.
But my mother died while I was sucking,
And larning for whiskey to squall,
Leaving me a dead cow, and a stocking
Brimful of--just nothing at all.
But in rainy, &c.