Towards the close of the last century, when a French invasion seemed imminent, a caricature was published, entitled “The Allied Republics of France and Ireland,” in which the French are represented as having enriched themselves by plunder with the assistance of the Irish rebels. A Frenchman mounted on Ireland, which is represented as a donkey, sings:—
From Brest in the Bay of Biskey,
We come for de very fine whisky,
To make de Jacobin friskey,
While Erin may go bray.
We have got de mealy potato
From de Irish democrato,
To make de Jacobin fat, O,
While Erin may go bray.
I get by de guillotine axes,