Hello Friends I came across this poem in a book titled “Rhyme with Reason” by P.G. Smith, Publisher, Chicago 1911. I found myself smiling as I read it, as I too, love the 'Irish Brogue'. I hope you enjoy it as well.
The Irish Broque By P. J. DILLON (Of Brisbane, Australia. The poem appeared originally in The Sydney Freeman's Journal) You may talk as you like of the tongue of Spain, And the beauties of Latin and Greek explain; But riddle me this! Is there one of them all, Whose silvery notes of love can fall From the ear to the heart of a maiden fair, And create such terrible havoc there, As the soothering tale of an Irish rogue When told with a "taste" of the Irish brogue? By the powers above! Sure the god of Love Learned his trade with an Irish brogue. But of all the horrible sounds that Fate Can send on an Irish ear to grate, An Irish brogue with an English twang Out-Herods the worst of the whole "jing-bang." 'Tis the hybrid voice of a hybrid mind, And - whatever his station -a slavish kind, But for him don't bother! the course of Kishogue Attends this same English-cum-Irish brogue. (And he'll want to be nursed When he's properly cursed With the terrible ban of Kishogue.) So, whether the blood in your Irish veins Ran its infant course by Leinster's plains Or whether the air of Ulster hill Has nurtured your sturdy Northern will; Whether or not you're a Munster boy, Or a Connaught girl from the banks of the Moy, Whenever your tongue feels inclined to collogue, Let it keep a firm grip of its own sweet brogue; With its hearty ring, And its genial swing; Hurrah! for the Irish brogue! Cheers~ Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
