Nach Mbonin Shin Do

DESCRIPTION: There is no money this year "but we'll drink all we earn, and we'll pay what we owe." "The gentry who fed upon pheasants and wine" will be reduced to eating what we eat. If the markets improve "every stout farmer will draw the long bow"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1891 (OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads)
KEYWORDS: hardtimes Ireland nonballad patriotic food money
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OLochlainn-MoreIrishStreetBallads 49, "Nach Mbonin Shin Do" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9765
File: OLcM049

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