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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 29 |
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For fear of little men. Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather !
THE LEPRECAUN, OR FAIRY SHOEMAKER
A RHYME FOR CHILDREN
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ITTLE cowboy, what have you heard, Up on the lonely rath's green mound ? Only the plaintive yellow-bird Singing in sultry fields around ? Chary, chary, chary, chee-e ! Only the grasshopper and the bee ? "Tip-tap, rip-rap, Tick-a-tack-too ! Scarlet leather sewn together,
This will make a shoe. Left, right, pull it tight,
Summer days are warm; Underground in winter,
Laughing at the storm ! " Lay your ear close to the hill: Do you not. catch the tiny clamor, Busy click of an elfin hammer, Voice of the Leprecaun singing shrill As he merrily plies his trade ?
He's a span And a quarter in height: Get him in sight, hold him fast, And you're a made Man ! |
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