“A Drink in the Morn”

Description

Dan O'Reilly explains to the judge the benefits of drinking "twenty or thirty" poteen between morning, when it "is good for the sight," and night. "In winter or summer, in June or July, I'll be punching all day till I die"

Recordings

  • Packy Dolan and The Melody Boys, "A Drink in the Morn" (on USBallinsloeFair)

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1929 (for USBallinsloeFair, according to site irishtune.info, Irish Traditional Music Tune Index: Alan Ng's Tunography, ref. Ng #2615)