Oh come all you true born Irishmen, wherever you may be I hope you'll pay attention and listen unto me I'll sing about a battle that took place the other day Between a Russian sailor and gallant Morrissey
It was in Tierra Del Fuego in South America The Russian challenged Morrissey these words to him did say I hear you are a fighting man you wear the belt I see Indeed I wish you would consent to have a fight with me
Up spoke Johnny Morrissey with heart both brave and true I am a valiant Irishman that never was subdued I can whack the Yankee, the Saxon, Bull or Bear In honour of old Paddy's land the laurels I'll maintain
They shook hands and walked around the ring commencing then to fight It filled each Irish heart with joy to behold the sight The Russian he floored Morrissey up to the eleventh round With Yankee, Saxon and Russian cheers the valley did resound
A minute and a half he lay before he could arise The word it went around the field he's dead rang out the cries But Morrissey recovered and rising from the ground From that up to the eighteenth the Russian he put down
The Irish offered ten to one that day upon the grass No sooner said that taken and they covered all the cash They parried away without delay up to the twentieth round When Morrissey received a blow which brought him to the ground
Up to the thirty-second round 'twas fall and fall about Which caused them Yankee tyrants to keep a sharp look out The Russian called his seconds to pour a glass of wine Begod sez Johnny Morrissey this battle will be mine
The thirty-seventh ended all when the Russian smelt a fart When Morrissey with a dreadful blow struck the Russian on the heart They sent for a physician to open up a vein The doctor said 'Tis useless, he will never fight again'
Our hero conquered Thompson, the Yankee clipper too The Benica boy and Shepherd he also did subdue Let us fill a flowing glass and here's a health galore To noble Johnny Morrissey who came from TemplemoreTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
