The Man From The Daily Mail
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Now Ireland's a very funny place, sir
It's a strange and a troubled land
And
the Irish are a very funny race, sir
Every girl's in the Cumann na mBan
Every doggie wears a tri-coloured ribbon
Tied
firmly to its tail
And it wouldn't be surprising
If there'd be another rising
Said the man from the Daily Mail.
Every bird upon my word
Is singing treble I'm a rebel
Every hen
it's said is laying hand grenades
Over there sir, I declare Sir
And every cock in the farmyard
Stock crows in triumph
for the Gael
And it wouldn't be surprising
If there'd be another rising
Said the man from the Daily Mail.
Now the other day I travelled down to Clare, sir
I spied in an old boreen
A
bunch of busy gooses there, sir
Dressed in orange, white and green
They marched to the German goose step
As they
whistled Grann na bheal
And I'm shakin' in me shoes
As I'm sending out the news
Said the man from the Daily Mail.
Chorus
Now the whole place is seething with sedition
It's Sinn Fein through and
through
All the peelers they are joining local units
And the password's Sinn Fein too
Every doggie wears a tri-coloured
ribbon
Tied firmly to its tail
And it wouldn't be surprising
If there'd be another rising
Said the man from the
Daily Mail.
Chorus