Whist! Oi'm not meself at all,
But another man entoirly,
An' Oi'd bether tell ye trooly
How ut iz Oi'm but purtendin'
That Oi'm Mr. Pat O'Dooley.
Tim Finnegan an' me, sor,
Waz a-fightin ov the blacks
In hathen foreign parts, sor,
An' yer pardon Oi would ax
If Oi mention thot the customs