Classic Poem

" Come here, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Jist tell me who King David was —
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" King David was a mighty man,
And he was King of Spain, Sir;
His eldest daughter " Jessie" was
The " Flower of Dunblane," Sir. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Sir Isaac Newton — who was he?
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" Sir Isaac Newton was the boy
That climbed the apple-tree, Sir;
He then fell down and broke his crown,
And lost his gravity, Sir. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Jist tell me who ould Marmion was —
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" Ould Marmion was a soldier bold,
But he went all to pot, Sir;
He was hanged upon the gallows tree,
For killing Sir Walter Scott, Sir. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Jist tell me who Sir Rob Roy was;
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" Sir Rob Roy was a tailor to
The King of the Cannibal Islands;
He spoiled a pair of breeches, and
Was banished to the Highlands. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Then, Bonaparte — say, who was he?
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" Ould Bonaparte was King of France
Before the Revolution;
But he was kilt at Waterloo,
Which ruined his constitution. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Jist tell me who King Jonah was;
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" King Jonah was the strangest man
That ever wore a crown, Sir;
For though the whale did swallow him,
It couldn't keep him down, Sir. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Jist tell me who that Moses was;
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" Shure Moses was the Christian name
Of good King Pharaoh's daughter;
She was a milkmaid, and she took
A profit from the water. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Jist tell me now where Dublin is;
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" Och, Dublin is a town in Cork,
And built on the equator;
It's close to Mount Vesuvius,
And watered by the " craythur." "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
And look like a jintleman, Sir;
Jist tell me now where London is;
Now tell me if you can, Sir. "
" Och, London is a town in Spain;
'Twas lost in the earthquake, Sir;
The cockneys murther English there,
Whenever they do spake, Sir. "

" You're right, my boy; hould up your head,
Ye're now a jintleman, Sir;
For in history and geography
I've taught you all I can, Sir.
And if any one should ask you now,
Where you got all your knowledge,
Jist tell them 'twas from Paddy Blake,
Of Bally Blarney College. "