 O'Leary ! Old Caoch, but, oh ! how woe-begone ! His form is bowed and bending, His fleshless hands are stiff and wan, Ay — Time is even blending The colours on his threadbare ' bag ' — And ' Pinch ' is twice as hairy And 'thin-spare' as when first...  Popular Irish Readings in Prose and Verse - Page 27edited by - 1897 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Songs, English - 1847 - 906 pages
...His fleshless hands are stiff and wan, Ay — Time is even blending The colors on his tbread-bare " bag" — And " Pinch " is twice as hairy And "thin-spare...wanderer cried, " Far, far, be hell's black viper ; Does any body hereabouts, Remember Caoch the Piper ?" With swelling heart I grasped his hand : The old man... | |
 | 1865 - 276 pages
...weary, And at his tail a lame man limped — 'Twas " Pinch" and Caoch O'Leary ! Old Caoch, but, oh ! how woe-begone ! His form is bowed and bending, His...is twice as hairy And " thin-spare" as when first I paw Himself and Caoch O'Leary. '.' God's blessing here !" the wanderer cried, " Far, far be hell's... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...bowed and bending, His fleshless hands are stiff and wan, Ay,- — Tune is even blending The colors on his thread-bare "bag", — And "Pinch" is twice...murmured "deary ! Are you the silky-headed child, That lov'd poor Caoch O'Leary ?" "Yes. yes," I said — the wanderer wept As if his heart was breaking,... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...bowed and bending, . His flcshless hands are still' and wan, Ay, — Time is even blending The colors on his thread-bare "bag", — And " Pinch" is twice..."thin-spare" as when first I saw Himself and Caoch O'Lcary. "God's blessing here," the wanderer cried, " Far, far, be hell's black viper ; Does anybody... | |
 | Recitations - 1877 - 448 pages
...form is bowed and bending, His fleshless hands are stiff and wan, Ay, time is ever blending The colors on his threadbare " bag," And " Pinch " is twice as...far, be hell's black viper; Does anybody hereabouts Eemember Caoch the Piper ? " With swelling heart I grasped his hand ; The old man murmured " Deary... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1880 - 390 pages
...and weary, And at his tail a lame man limped — 'Twas "Pinch" and Caoch O'Leary! Old Caoch, but, oh! how woebegone! His form is bowed and bending, His...wanderer cried, "Far, far be hell's black viper; Does any body hereabouts Remember Caoch the Piper?" With swelling heart I grasped his hand; The old man... | |
 | Alfred Mason Williams - English poetry - 1881 - 470 pages
...form is bowed and bending, His fleshless hands are stiff and wan, Ay, time is even blending The colors on his threadbare bag, And Pinch is twice as hairy And thin-spare as when first I saw " God's blessing here ! " the wanderer cried, " Far, far be hell, black viper ; Does anybody hereabouts... | |
 | Alfred Mason Williams - English poetry - 1881 - 472 pages
...wanderer cried, "Far, far be hell, black viper; Does anybody hereabouts Remember Caoch, the piper 1 " With swelling heart I grasped his hand ; The old man murmured, " Deary, Are you the silken-headed child That loved poor Caoch O'Leary ? " " Yes, yes ! " I said. The wanderer wept As if... | |
 | Charles MacCarthy Collins - English poetry - 1885 - 350 pages
...his tail a lame man limped — 'Twas ' Pinch ' and Caoch O'Leary 1 Old Caoch, but oh, how wobegone ! His form is bowed and bending, His fleshless hands...thin-spare, as when first I saw Himself and Caoch O'Leary. 18 ' God's blessing here !' the wanderer cried, ' Far, far be hell's black viper ; Does anybody hereabouts... | |
 | Charles MacCarthy Collins - Composers - 1885 - 352 pages
...his tail a lame man limped — 'Twas ' Pinch ' and Caoch O'Leary 1 Old Caoch, but oh, how wobegone ! His form is bowed and bending, His fleshless hands...thin-spare, as when first I saw Himself and Caoch O'Leary. 1S • God's blessing here !' the wanderer cried, ' Far, far be hell's black viper ; Does anybody hereabouts... | |
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