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[“Och, be my sowl! but we've got de Talbote]

“Och, be my sowl! but we've got de Talbote,
Lillabulero bullena la!
And our skeans we'll make good at de Englishman's throat,
Lillabulero bullena la!”

180

“Dere was an ould prophecy found in a bog,
Lillabulero bullena la!
Dat Ireland should be ruled by an ass and a dog;
Lillabulero bullena la!
And now dis ould prophecy is come to pass,
Lillabulero bullena la!
For Talbote's de dog and James is de”—