Hence, not to use water for drink,
The people of Ireland determine:
With mighty good reason, I think,
Since St. Patrick has filled it with vermin,
And vipers and such other stuff!
Oh! he was an elegant blade
As you’d meet from Fairhead to Kilcrumper!
And though under the sod he is laid,
Yet here goes his health in a bumper!
I wish he was here, that my glass