The Sprightly Irishman

Pitts Printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse
6. Great st. Andrew street 7 Dials

I AM a Weaver by my trade,
And a ſmart ſprightly blade,
In balls and aſſemblies I have always led
I have danced on the green, (the van,
With the laſſes neat and clean,
I led them thro' reels like an Iriſhman.
At reels and country dances
I pleaſed the fair maids fancies,
In dancing jigs & hornpipes the girls look
But when in a private room (ed on me
I could whiſtle up a tune,                 (n an
And fold them up in my arms like an Iriſh
I have buſtled in the wars,
Led on by gallant Mars.
Where Granu's valiant heroes put the
Frenchmen to a ſtand
Were the plains were clad with ſnow,
I have laid their bodies low,
Front and rear I acted like an Iriſhman
When my tricker I did ſpring,
I did dance the highland fling,
When my eyes were dazzled by the fare
from the pan,
When the charge flew from the gun
I did baffle all their fun,
Each Britain acted like an Iriſhman
Where noble heroes bled,
The ſhamrock waved its head, (did ſtand
When fire blood and balls flew I firmly
With my bagnet and my gun,
I ſhewed them gallnt fun,
To my county proved a valiant Iriſhman.
Where the prickly gaging thittle
Put the Frenchmen in a bustle,
And the roſe joined moſt glorious to -uoo
On the plains of Waterloo,
The Frenchmen did ſubdue
And the battle was led oh by an Iriſhman
And his actions proves it ever
In peace or war when honors calls,
There's none can him with ſtand,
With firm undaunted zeal,
He'll prove both good and real
None can act braver than an Iriſhman:
He is Warm ſtout and true,
There's can him ſubdue
He is generous and free the ladies hearts the
He is active and he is ſmart (does trepan
He wears a nob'e heart
No nation can vie with an Iriſhman.