Just by the way of jollity.
Oh, the leathering Irishman,
The barbarous, savage Irishman!
The hearts of the maids and the gentlemen’s heads were bothered, I’m sure, by this Irishman.
Thomas Haynes Bayly, though not especially a humorist, showed the influence of a witty muse in his songs, which were numerous and popular.
She Wore a Wreath of Roses, Oh, No, We Never Mention Her and Gaily the Troubadour Touched his Guitar are among the best remembered.
He was the author of many bright bits of Society Verse, and wrote some deep and very real satire.
WHY DON’T THE MEN PROPOSE?
Why don’t the men propose, mamma?
Why don’t the men propose?