...the " Three Jolly Pigeons " was but a revival of one of the convivial catches at Ballymahon : — " Then come put the jorum about, And let us be merry...liquors are stout, Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons forever. Let some cry of woodcock or hare, Your bustards, your ducks, and your widgeons; But of all...

...leave it to all men of sense, That you, my good friend, are the pigeon. Toroddle, turoddle, torolll Then come, put the Jorum ' about, And let us be merry...and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here 's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever. Let some cry up woodcock or hare, Your bustards, your ducks,...

...I'll wager the rascals a crown, They always preach best with a skin-full. But when you come down witli your pence, For a slice of their scurvy religion,...toroddle, toroll. Then come, put the jorum about, And let iis be merry and clever ; Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for...

...that drinking is sinful, I'll wager the rascals a crown, They always preach best with a skinful. For when you come down with your pence, For a slice of...of sense, But you, my good friend, are the pigeon. Then come put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout,...

...that drinking is sinful, I'll wager the rascals a crown, They always preach best with a skinful. For when you come down with your pence, For a slice of...of sense, But you, my good friend, are the pigeon. Then come put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout,...

...Toroddle, toroddle, toroll! When Methodist preachers come down, A-preaching that drinking is sinful, I'll wager the rascals a crown, They always preach...friend, are the pigeon. Toroddle, toroddle, toroll 1 Then come, put the jorum about. And let us be merry and clever. Our hearts and our liquors are stout....

...r .«seals a crown, They always preach best with a skinful. But when you come down with your pencef For a slice of their scurvy religion, I'll leave it...my good friend, are the pigeon. Toroddle, toroddle, torolll Then come, put the jorum about. And let us be merry and clever. Our hearts and our liquors...

...Toroddle, toroddle, toroll! When Methodist preachers come down, A-prcaching that drinking is sinful, I '11 very well, my lord. Card. Why do you weep? Are tears your justification? The selfsame tears I '11 leave it to all men of sense, But you, my good friend, are the pigeon.7 Toroddle, toroddle, toroll!...

...toroddle, toroll J 20 When Methodist preachers come down, A-preaching that drinking is sinful, I 'll wager the rascals a crown, They always preach best...a skinful. But when you come down with your pence, 25 For a slice of their scurvy religion, I 'll leave it to all men of sense, That you, my good friend,...

...Methodist preachers come down, A-preaching that drinking is sinful, I'll wager the rascals a crown, 20 l pigeon.3 Toroddle, toroddle, toroll. Then come, put the jorum4 about, And let us be merry and clever,...