Fin and Oshin went out to hunt,
Fal, lal, lo, as fal, lal, la.
With a noble train of men and dogs,
Not less in number than one hundred men,
So swift of foot and keen, none were their like;
With scores of Bandogs fierce they sallied forth,
O'er Hill and Dale, much Havock for to make.
Whom left they then at home but youthful Gorry!
Who slept secure beneath the shadowy rock;
Full three score Greyhounds, with their whelps, they left,
With three score lovely maidens young and fair,
As many old dames to attend the young.
Says Fin's fair daughter, in Disdain and Scorn,
" How on young Gorry shall we be revenged? "
Says Oshin's Daughter:
" Fast to the Harrows we will tie his Hair,
And to his nimble feet we'll set a train of Fire. "
Then up starts Gorry, with a nimble spring,
Feeling his feet abroiling with the heat,
With Curses direful, vowing to destroy,
Those who presum'd t' affront a King his Son!
Swearing most bitterly by Sun and Moon,
To burn themselves and all their habitations,
Then to the Mountains hies he fast away,
His heavy Gorse-hack poised upon his shoulders.
Eight ponderous burthens thence he carried off,
And eight large Faggots cram'd in ilka Burthen.
Not eight such men as in the world are now
Could from the Ground one of these burthens raise.
Into each Window, he a Burthen thrust,
Into each Door, a Burthen of the same,
But the grand blazing Burthen on the floor
Of the great Hall he laid, and set on fire.
Meanwhile, our Heroes, Fin and Oshin hight,
They and their hardy men pursued the chase,
Eager, in sweat and dust all cover'd o'er.
Vast clouds full floating from the west
Were seen, like Billows dreadful, as I ween.
Then Fin he ran, and Oshin also ran,
Till faint and out of breath, he sat him down:
But Fin, the hardy chief, still held it out.
Then lift he up his lamentable Voice,
Calling to Oshin, who was far behind,
" We've nothing left but rueful, ruin'd walls! "
This mischief who has done? Who but young Gorry,
Who fled, and in a rocky Cavern hid himself.
Then chok'd with Smoke, they drag him by the heels,
And tore him Limb from Limb with Horses wild.
Fal, lal, lo, as fal, lal, la.
With a noble train of men and dogs,
Not less in number than one hundred men,
So swift of foot and keen, none were their like;
With scores of Bandogs fierce they sallied forth,
O'er Hill and Dale, much Havock for to make.
Whom left they then at home but youthful Gorry!
Who slept secure beneath the shadowy rock;
Full three score Greyhounds, with their whelps, they left,
With three score lovely maidens young and fair,
As many old dames to attend the young.
Says Fin's fair daughter, in Disdain and Scorn,
" How on young Gorry shall we be revenged? "
Says Oshin's Daughter:
" Fast to the Harrows we will tie his Hair,
And to his nimble feet we'll set a train of Fire. "
Then up starts Gorry, with a nimble spring,
Feeling his feet abroiling with the heat,
With Curses direful, vowing to destroy,
Those who presum'd t' affront a King his Son!
Swearing most bitterly by Sun and Moon,
To burn themselves and all their habitations,
Then to the Mountains hies he fast away,
His heavy Gorse-hack poised upon his shoulders.
Eight ponderous burthens thence he carried off,
And eight large Faggots cram'd in ilka Burthen.
Not eight such men as in the world are now
Could from the Ground one of these burthens raise.
Into each Window, he a Burthen thrust,
Into each Door, a Burthen of the same,
But the grand blazing Burthen on the floor
Of the great Hall he laid, and set on fire.
Meanwhile, our Heroes, Fin and Oshin hight,
They and their hardy men pursued the chase,
Eager, in sweat and dust all cover'd o'er.
Vast clouds full floating from the west
Were seen, like Billows dreadful, as I ween.
Then Fin he ran, and Oshin also ran,
Till faint and out of breath, he sat him down:
But Fin, the hardy chief, still held it out.
Then lift he up his lamentable Voice,
Calling to Oshin, who was far behind,
" We've nothing left but rueful, ruin'd walls! "
This mischief who has done? Who but young Gorry,
Who fled, and in a rocky Cavern hid himself.
Then chok'd with Smoke, they drag him by the heels,
And tore him Limb from Limb with Horses wild.