He stuck on a pot that was under the shed,

He murdered a cod for the sake of his fin—

“’Twill pass for a feather,” says Brian O’Linn!

Brian O’Linn had no shirt to his back,

He went to a neighbour and borrowed a sack.

He puckered a meal-bag under his chin—

“They’ll take it for ruffles,” says Brian O’Linn!

Brian O’Linn had no shoes at all,

He bought an old pair at a cobbler’s stall,

The uppers were broke and the soles were thin—