Christmas eve at Mulligan's

by Marie Irish

I know it’s sorry ye are to lose the kiss, Mister Jones, so I’ll be after givin’ ye a cookie. [She gives him one from her basket.]

Nurse:

Now, Dannie, it is getting time for a tired boy to go to sleep, so we’ll have our song.

Dannie:

Oh, yes.

Nurse:

Dannie and I wrote this song for you to sing on Christmas eve. We want you all to help. [She gives out pieces of paper with the words.] It goes this way. [She hums the tune of “Yankee Doodle.”] Let’s stand by Dannie to sing. [Katie and Rosie kneel in front of him; his father and mother stand back of him; Mrs. O’Brien and Nurse on one side, Patsy and Jones on the other. They sing]:

Once Dannie’s eyes were shut up tight,

He could not see a mite, sir;

The doctor fixed them good as new,