AN IRISH COURTSHIP.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 April 1887, Page 1

AN IRISH COURTSHIP.

Ooh, murther, love i8 shurely cruare! Run, some kind crottur, for the prleßt or Doctor, f jr I'm in de?p >ir; I'll nivir soeanocher Easter. Vve nayther heart toato nor drink; My bingin' hai now turned tih siKhin'; At night I nivir slape a wink, But toss and dramo ay Ntmoy Ryan. Her hair's as blaok's a satin hat, Hfcr eye's as liv6»y as a kitteu's; To ptiiit her beauti (if she sat) No artist could in 20 ailtina. From Mai in Head to KUlaloo Her Ilk© ye'd niver sei aa eye on ; But, ooh, mo vrone, thit e'er I knew That cruel charmer, Nuncy Ryan. 'Twas on the banks ay Killaloo, Th'i froolden grain bad cheered the farmer, When flrotehedamned upon my view, An' pierced mo through cowld rayson's armour. An' though I turntd away my head, The wishes ay ray heart denyin' Righn bouldly to myeelf I eaid, '• I'U vote for none but Naucy Ryan." So lif tin' quite jintael ray cap, 1 toul' m/ mind, both clane and daoent; For, whin there's danger in the gap, It's only manly to ba facin't. But like a queen ay mighty rank She toul' me, " Sor, its useless tryiu'; A boy with money xn tne nank Has won the heart ay Nancy Ryan!" • Och, wirrastrue! I know the jjint, It'B Mick M'Cafferty, the Leaguer; Troth, if he paid the landlord's rlnt He'd Jose that boast—the dirty naygur, If he's the tinantdv your heart, l'jj process him and send him fiyin'; An aotiu' the oaretaker's purt, I'll take the houldin', Nancy Rya* !" "Now. aisy," says a voice behind. I luked—'twas Mick ; and mighty quick he Gave me what he called ''his mind." (He keeps it in his flst does Mickey). My argumen s wor rattier wakeHe left me speechless, kilt, and dyin'. I think eviction's a mlfetoka Consarnin' him and Nancy Ryan. Ocb, raurther, love is mighty qunro! Will some kind crettur bring tho priest or Doctor, for I'm in despair; I'll t.iver see anothei Eaater. That kyble Mick, from Skibcreen, Laet fair day there the ring was bujin' An' soon he'll wud my fair colleen. Fairer mo Icunl my Nunoy Kyan,

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