The Barristers in white cravats

Unto each other gave the lie;

The M.P. sadly shut his eye

And thought of the Kilkenny cats.

He only said, "It's very dreary,

They'll never stop!" he said;

He said, "I'm a-weary—a-weary,

And must not go to bed."

Until the middle of the night,

He'd heard the Irish Members crow;