{"id":1589,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/an-irishmans-epistle-to-the"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"an-irishmans-epistle-to-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/an-irishmans-epistle-to-the\/","title":{"rendered":"An Irishman’s Epistle To The"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Officers And Troops At Boston
\nBy my faith but I think ye’re all makers of bulls,
\nWith your brains in your breeches, your bums in your skulls
\nGet home with your muskets and put up your swords,
\nAnd look in your books for the meaning of words.
\nYou see, now, my honeys, how much you’re mistaken,
\nFor Concord by discord can never be taken.<\/p>\n

How brave ye went out with your muskets all bright,
\nAnd thought to be-frighten the folks with the sight;
\nBut when you got there how they powdered your pums,
\nAnd all the way home how they peppered your bums.
\nAnd is it not, honeys, a comical crack,
\nTo be proud in the face, and be shot in the back?<\/p>\n

How come ye to think, now, they did not know how,
\nTo be after their firelocks as smartly as you?
\nWhy, you see, now, my honeys, ’tis nothing at all,
\nBut to pull at the trigger, and pop goes the ball,<\/p>\n

And what have you got now with all vour designinng,
\nBut a town without victuals to sit down and dine in,
\nAnd to look on the ground like a parcel of noodles,
\nAnd sing how the Yankees have beaten the Doodles.
\nI’m sure if you’re wise you’ll make peace for a dinner,
\nFor fighting and fasting will soon make ye thinner.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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