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The Roaring Donkey

from The Tales Of Grimmer Pardon by Paul Gerard Dalton

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The Roaring Donkey is a pub on the outskirts of Cobh, Co. Cork, Irish Republic. They say the farmers coming back from market would stop there on their donkeys for a last drink. But the donkeys would set up such a hee haw as they wanted to get home and be fed. The pub got named accordingly. Could be another Irish tall tale.

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We're coming out of market town
We've drunk ourselves both square and round
listening to the cawing sound
of hawkers, sheep and auctioneers.
Our boots steeped in the blackest mud
Our waistcoats caked in chicken blood
We'd best get home before the flood
the hostile looks and town folks' sneers.

So up that hill we'll wend our way
our beasts beneath our knees
recalling every oaken tree
we sing up to the leaves
our pockets sag with lessening coin
and in the chorus we all join
to hell the battle of the Boyne
you will find - a welcome kind- in The Roaring Donkey.

The donkeys tethered to the rings
and inside Mary serves and sings
The fiddler tunes his old gut strings
the last pub on the long road home

The dark awaits a heavy sky
and work that bends and cracks an eye
Our beasts let out a hungry cry
It's time to leave the beery foam.

So up that hill etc…

Turf glows red in the cast iron grate
to warm our wives. The children wait
for the creak of the old farm gate
and the hee haw of the donkeys

Now get the hay out of the barn
We'll all be back and out of harm
We've still got cash to save the farm
or our mounts are just old monkeys

So up that hill etc.

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from The Tales Of Grimmer Pardon, released January 1, 2023

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Paul Gerard Dalton London, UK

Singer songwriter, poet, lyricist, anecdotalist, with Irish, Scots and north of England roots. Lives in west London. Recent published poetry 2024, Fielding Memories: Poems and Other Recalls.

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