One Bottle More

DESCRIPTION: "Assist me, ye lads... To sing the praise of old Ireland's isle." England taunts our simplicity but we would share our last bottle. At Candy's six Irishmen had four bottles each, a fight brought a fifth and a resolve to have 12 bottles more the next night
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1815 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 10(10))
KEYWORDS: virtue drink Ireland
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, p. 23, "One Bottle More" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Colleen Bawn Songster, Robert M. DeWill, 1873 (available in the Robert Winslow Gordon songster collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress online), p. 19, "One Bottle More" (1 text)
Roud #V18973
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 10(10), "Irish Hospitality", J. Whittle and R. H. Laurie (London), 1815
LOCSinging, sb40474a, "One Bottle More", Louis Bonsal (Baltimore), 19C
SAME TUNE:
Town and Country (broadside Bodleian Harding B 10(10))
File: OCon023

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