That there ne'er yet was Irishman roasting,
But an Irishman's hand turned the spit?
Is it John that across the Atlantic
Stamps Pat Order's foe ever known;
And declares him a nuisance gigantic,
Till Yankee Home-Rule ousts his own?
Must hist'ry, as writ all untruly,
Like Hebrew, be read in reverse,
That, since Strong-Bow, shows Ireland unruly,
With lawlessness cursed as chief curse?