Harp or Lion

DESCRIPTION: The singer sees in the news that Irishmen "despise their country's story, All they love is England's glory, Ha-ha-ha!" Shame on O Neill, Emmet, Tone and Ninety-eight. We should replace "our old green banner" with "the mangy British lion! Ha-ha-hah!"
AUTHOR: T.D. Sullivan (1827-1914) (source: OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads)
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (_Songs and Poems_ by T.D.S., according to OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads)
KEYWORDS: England Ireland humorous nonballad patriotic
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads 47, "Harp or Lion" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9763
NOTES [20 words]: Sullivan is the author of a number of Irish patriotic poems, of which "God Save Ireland" is probably the best-known. - RBW
File: OLcM047

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