Of “Erin-go-bragh” into “Erin gone wrong.”
Funny Folks.
Rough and Red.
Rough and red was the cloak she wore,
And a cup of potheen in her hand she bore;
But, oh! from her short black pipe the smoke,
Was more fragrant by far than her rough red cloak.
’Lady! dost thou not fear to stray,
So lonely and laden o’er this bleak way?