“One Bottle More”

Description

"Assist me, ye lads... To sing the praise of old Ireland's isle." England taunts our simplicity but we would share our last bottle. At Candy's six Irishmen had four bottles each, a fight brought a fifth and a resolve to have 12 bottles more the next night

Same tune

  • Town and Country (broadside Bodleian Harding B 10(10))

Broadsides

  • Bodleian, Harding B 10(10), "Irish Hospitality", J. Whittle and R. H. Laurie (London), 1815
  • LOCSinging, sb40474a, "One Bottle More", Louis Bonsal (Baltimore), 19C

References

  1. O'Conor, p. 23, "One Bottle More" (1 text)
  2. BI, OCon023

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1815 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 10(10))
Keywords: virtue drink Ireland