The Irish Poems of Alfred Perceval Graves | ||
ONE SUNDAY AFTER MASS
One Sunday after Mass,
As Lawrence and his lass
Through the green woods did pass
All alone, and all alone!
As Lawrence and his lass
Through the green woods did pass
All alone, and all alone!
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All alone, and all alone!
He asked her for a pogue,
But she called him a rogue,
And she beat him with her brogue,
Ochone and ochone!
But she called him a rogue,
And she beat him with her brogue,
Ochone and ochone!
Chorus
Ochone and ochone!63
At first my boy he bent,
As if to take, content,
His proper punishment.
Small blame too, small blame!
As if to take, content,
His proper punishment.
Small blame too, small blame!
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Small blame too, small blame!
But on her purty foot,
Unbothered by a boot,
He pressed a warm salute.
For shame! fie! for shame!
Unbothered by a boot,
He pressed a warm salute.
For shame! fie! for shame!
Chorus
For shame! fie! for shame.
Then Larry gets the worst,
For she boxed his ears at first,
Then into tears she burst,
Ochone and ochone!
For she boxed his ears at first,
Then into tears she burst,
Ochone and ochone!
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Ochone and ochone!
But soon the artful rogue
Soothed his crying colleen oge,
Till she gave him just one pogue,
All alone, and all alone!
Soothed his crying colleen oge,
Till she gave him just one pogue,
All alone, and all alone!
Chorus
All alone, and all alone! The Irish Poems of Alfred Perceval Graves | ||