Tag: irish
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BELLSTART
When he hits the gong Won’t be long Until you’re conked out Not taking bronze Not showing my age Not showing my cards Showing stone age Strength and tactics Sick back takes, slick jitz Mount him and stick his face in my arse Cop a knee, stretch, pull his ACL apart Game plan dodo gone …
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Black and Tans Back
Troop movements Flew them in from the Somme The carrier never slows Upon the mountain roads That stows the troops Stoves the Rhodes colossus of our rebel movement The dizzying slopes. Upon the mountain roads What’s moving shoot What’s shining loot What’s that ticking In the truck boot Roger Casement armed me Brand new Irish…
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Wolf Choir
Wolves night singers I am a visionary Visited every minute By potential futures My handlanger busy Composing kveldssangers My dog yet holds his old wolf anger At a certain angle, the hang of his jaw A craw for stuffing gore into raw He dips his head and offers his paw I scruff his crown and…
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WHYAMWRITING
My writing a giant tower Each storey a life story A foundation that shakes Or a stamen of a flower Built by William Blake See eternity in an hour Power of now pales To the powerful sound Of young Boreas’ gales The bards strummed scales Orpheus had played O’er the elden dales Females irreverent in…
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Darndale when it’s hot
Sun out, ag sásta Up at midday exhausted Flat so hot Near enough need a spatula To get up; you’d be roasted No bread for toast or milk for Frosties Dennis short fuse regarding Softies Summer’s here Finished coláiste Meet for bricfeasta Vodka and oráiste We’re messing, acting like páistí New style but off old…