De Valera Had a Canary

DESCRIPTION: "De Valera had a canary, Up the leg of his drawers; It fell down and fell on the ground And whistled 'The Protestant Boys.'" "De Valera had a canary... He was sleeping and it was peeping Up the leg of his drawers."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: bird clothes | Eamon de Valera
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 57, "(De Valera had a canary)" (1 text)
NOTES [59 words]: For background on Eamon de Valera (1882-1975), long-time head of state of Ireland, see the notes to "De Valera." Since this song is from Ulster, and de Valera was very much an Irish nationalist, I have to think that this is intended to put de Valera down, but I don't really see what the point is. Of course, I didn't and don't live in Northern Ireland. - RBW
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File: PKKB057C

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