They went to the grave with the corpse together;
The earth being loose they all fell in—
Bear a hand and jump out, says Bryan O’Lynn.
Bryan O’Lynn and his wife, and wife’s mother,
When the berring was over went home together;
In crossing a bog they got up to the chin—
I’m damned but we’re smothered, says Bryan O’Lynn.
Bryan O’Lynn and his wife, and wife’s mother,
By good luck got out of the bog together;
Then went to confess to Father O’Flinn—