Eugene O Curry
or Eoghan Ó Comhraí, (20 November 1794 – 30 July 1862) was among
other things a poet.
Anyways, an untitled poem (16 lines) can be found
at
http://hdl.handle.net/10151/OB_0001191_AR.
Having transcribed much of it, I found a version
(slightly different) in print from 1812
here. There's a 3rd verse/page although the author is stated to be
"Colman" - Anyways its about Whiskey and Spuds, so
here it is ...
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Hail to the Chief now, he's
wet through with whiskey
Long life to the Lady, come from
the salt seas
Strike up blind harper, hie[?] to be
friskey
For what is so gay as a bag full o fleas
Crest
of O'Shaughnashane, that's a potatoe plain
Long long may
the root every Irishman know,
Pats long have stuck to it,
long bid good luck to it,
Whack for O'Shaughnashane dooley
whack ho!
Ours is an esculent lusty and lasting
no
turnip or other weak babe of the ground
waxy or mealy it
hinders from fasting
half Erin's inhabitants all the year
round
wants the soil where tis flung, Hog's, cow's, or
horse's dung,
the crest of O'Shaughnashane [broadly???]
doth grow
Shout for it Ulstermen till the bogs quake
again
Whack for O'Shaughnashane dooley whack ho!
Drink,
Paddies, drink to the Lady so shining!
While flowret shall
open, and bog-trotter dig,
So long may the sweet Rose of
Beauty be twining
Around the Potato of proud Blarneygig
!
While the plant vegetates,
While whiskey
recreates,
Wash down the root, from the horns that o'erflow
Shake your shillalahs, boys !
Screeching drunk,
scream your joys !
Whack for O'Shaughnashane ! —
Tooleywhagg, ho