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The First Day of April

from Once More A​-​Lumb'ring Go by Michigan-IO

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On the first day of April, I’ll never forget
When three English blades together had met
They mounted on horseback and swore bitterly
That they’d play a trick on the first man they’d see

Pat Campbell the Drover they happened to spy
He came from Tyrone, a place called Dun Moy
They saluted Campbell, when he’d done the same
In close conversation together they came

They rode right along and they made a full stop
They called upon Patty for to take a drop
Patty consented and said with smile
“I long for to taste the good ale from Carlisle”

They ate and they drank and the sported as well
‘Til 48 schillings to pay for the bill
Likewise for their horses some oats and good hay
They thought they’d leave Patty the reckoning to pay

Out of the house one by one then they stole
They thought they’d leave Patty to pay for the whole
The landlord came in and this he did say
“I’m afraid, Irish Pat, they’ve a trick on you played”

“Oh, never mind them,” says Pat, “though they’re away
I’ve plenty of money the reckoning to pay
If you’ll sit beside me before that I go
I’ll tell you a secret perhaps you don’t know

“I’ll tell you a secret contrary to law
That two kinds of wine from one puncheon I’ll draw”
The landlord was eager to find out that plan
And away to the cellar with Patty he ran

He bored a hole in a very short space
He bade the landlord his thumb on that place
The next one he bored, “Place the other one there
and I for a tumbler will go up the stair”

Pat mounted his horse and was soon out of sight
The horser came in to see if all was right
They hunted the house from the top to ground
Half-dead in the cellar the master they found

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from Once More A​-​Lumb'ring Go, released November 19, 2022

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