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045.01Have you heard of one Humpty Dumpty
–045.01+Have you... How he [586.10-.11]
–045.01+nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty
045.02How he fell with a roll and a rumble
–045.02+
045.03And curled up like Lord Olofa Crumple
–045.03+Oliver Cromwell (was Lord Protector of Britain from 1653 to his death in 1658)
–045.03+('Olafa' in the score) [044.25]
–045.03+Olaf: first Norse king of Dublin
–045.03+Obsolete crump: hump; a hunchbacked person
045.04By the butt of the Magazine Wall,
–045.04+Motif: By the Magazine Wall, zinzin, zinzin
045.05       (Chorus) Of the Magazine Wall,
–045.05+
045.06                         Hump, helmet and all?
–045.06+
045.07He was one time our King of the Castle
–045.07+children's game 'I'm the king of the castle, Get down you dirty rascal' (English rhyming game, in which a player jumps on top of sand castle and then the player who pulls him down becomes the new king)
–045.07+(Dublin Castle)
045.08Now he's kicked about like a rotten old parsnip.
–045.08+Old Parr [003.17]
–045.08+('pars' and 'nip' rhyme with 'wors' and 'hip') [.09]
045.09And from Green street he'll be sent by order of His Worship
–045.09+Green Street Courthouse, Dublin
045.10To the penal jail of Mountjoy
–045.10+penile
–045.10+Slang mount: to get upon (a woman for copulation)
–045.10+Mountjoy Prison, Dublin
–045.10+joy
045.11       (Chorus) To the jail of Mountjoy!
–045.11+
045.12                         Jail him and joy.
–045.12+Dublin Slang Joy: Mountjoy
045.13He was fafafather of all schemes for to bother us
–045.13+(Motif: stuttering)
–045.13+father
–045.13+Archaic for to: in order to
–045.13+('bo' and 'us' rhyme with 'po' and 'ace') [.14]
045.14Slow coaches and immaculate contraceptives for the populace,
–045.14+slow coach: a person who acts or moves slowly
–045.14+(train not on time)
–045.14+Immaculate Conception: the belief that the Virgin Mary was kept free from the Original Sin from the moment of her conception
045.15Mare's milk for the sick, seven dry Sundays a week,
–045.15+Joyce: Ulysses.12.740: 'The curse of my curses Seven days every day And seven dry Thursdays On you, Barney Kiernan'
–045.15+(no drinks)
045.16Openair love and religion's reform,
–045.16+
045.17       (Chorus) And religious reform,
–045.17+
045.18                         Hideous in form.
–045.18+Anglo-Irish Pronunciation higious: hideous (i.e. rhymes with 'religious') [.17]
045.19Arrah, why, says you, couldn't he manage it?
–045.19+VI.B.10.030d (r): 'How did they manage it, says you'
–045.19+The Leader 11 Nov 1922, 327/1: 'Our Ladies' Letter': 'You heard — or did you — Mary Rose of the bog was married. He's a general or something... How did they manage it, says you'
045.20I'll go bail, my fine dairyman darling,
–045.20+Colloquial phrase I will go bail: I am certain
045.21Like the bumping bull of the Cassidys
–045.21+Ballycassidy: village, County Fermanagh [087.15] [098.31]
045.22All your butter is in your horns.
–045.22+Roberts: The Proverbs of Wales 59: 'The butter is in the cow's horns (that is, when she gives no milk)' (Motif: mixed gender)
–045.22+butt, horns
045.23       (Chorus) His butter is in his horns.
–045.23+
045.24                         Butter his horns!
–045.24+
045.25(Repeat) Hurrah there, Hosty, frosty Hosty, change that shirt on ye,
–045.25+Hosty (twice)
–045.25+Pearce: Sims Reeves, Fifty Years of Music in England 93n: (of Hector Berlioz) 'On one occasion at rehearsal the harps with their cases were put together to enclose a small space wherein he could change his shirt, the operation being necessary in consequence of his intense exertions'
–045.25+Joyce: Ulysses.5.306: 'lord Ardilaun has to change his shirt four times a day, they say. Skin breeds lice or vermin'
045.26Rhyme the rann, the king of all ranns!
–045.26+Motif: Rhyme the rann (Anglo-Irish rann: verse, short song)
–045.26+song 'The Wren, the Wren, The king of all birds' [044.16]
045.27                                           Balbaccio, balbuccio!
–045.27+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, JCM: line is italicised} | {Png: line is not italicised}
–045.27+Latin balbus: stammering (Motif: stuttering)
–045.27+Italian -accio (pejorative)
–045.27+Italian -uccio (diminutive)
045.28We had chaw chaw chops, chairs, chewing gum, the chickenpox and china chambers
–045.28+Motif: alliteration (ch)
–045.28+(Motif: stuttering)
–045.28+chaw chaw [036.02]
–045.28+Slang chow chow chop: the last boat-load of sundry small packages sent down to a cargo-ship to complete her loading
–045.28+Colloquial chamber: chamber pot
045.29Universally provided by this soffsoaping salesman.
–045.29+Colloquial soft-soaping: flattering


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