A New Irish Melody (1845)
(Air--"Brian O'Lin.")
Daniel O'Connell had no mischief to brew,So he started Repeal just for something to do,
And the watch-word like mad through Hibernia ran ;
"Och ! the rint is a mighty fine income," says Dan. Daniel O'Connell found nothing would do
But to keep up a regular hullabaloo,
Till he found himself frying like fat in a pan ;
"Faith I'm thinking I'd like to be out," says Dan. Daniel O'Connell said rather too much,
About blackguards, and tyrants, and Sassenachs and such,
Till the government shut up the turbulent man ;
"Arrah ! here's a gintale situation," says Dan. Daniel O'Connell had friends to his back,
So he goes out of prison again in a crack ;
And he now is exactly just where he began,
"Arrah ! What in the world will do now ?" says Dan. PUNCH. Notes From the NSW Newspaper The Sentinel 2 Apr 1845 p. 4.