With Hessian blood on the blade.”
“Aye, aye,” said Kelly, “the pikes were great
When the word was ‘Clear the way!’
We were thick on the roll in 98—
Kelly and Burke and Shea.”
“Well, here’s to the pike and the sword and the like,”
Said Kelly and Burke and Shea.
And Shea, the Scholar, with rising joy,
Said: “We were at Ramillies;
We left our bones at Fontenoy,