Chapter 3

'Tis Hibernian Law That, for Oireland's ould jaw, If, at pig-faystes, you ate, shpake or swig, If you have a great mind, You surely will find The Poteen's the best part of the Pig. 'Tis Hibernian Law That, for Oireland's ould jaw, If, at pig-faystes, you ate, shpake or swig, If you have a great mind, You surely will find The Poteen's the best part of the Pig."

So, since that great day,-- Or that night I may say,-- I cook nothing else for to ate; By the hole o' my coat, It bates Houlahan's goat In putting Pat off of his fate. So, for Erin go bragh, 'Tis both Gospel and Law For to ate, or to shpake or to swig, If you have a great mind, You surely will find The Poteen's the best part of the pig! The Poteen's the best part of the pig!

End of Project Gutenberg's Soldier Songs and Love Songs, by A.H. Laidlaw