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‘All over the world’, the traveller said,
‘In my wanderings I have been;
An’ there’s nothing remarkable living or dead,
But these two lookin’ eyes have seen.
From the haunts of the ape an’ marmoset,
To the lands of the Fellaheen’.
Says the other, ‘I’ll lay you an even bet
You were never in Farranaleen’.

‘I’ve hunted the woods of Seringapatam,
An’ sailed in the Polar Seas.
I fished for a week in the Gulf of Siam
An’ lunched on the Chersonese.
I’ve lived in the valleys of fair Cashmere,
Under Himalay’s snowy ridge’.
Says the other impatiently, ‘Looka here,
Were you ever at Laffan’s Bridge?’

‘I’ve lived in the land where tobacco is grown,
In the suburbs of Santiago;
An’ I spent two years in Sierra Leone,
An’ in Terra Del Fuego.
I walked across Panama all in a day,
Ah me, but the road was rocky!’
The other replied, ‘Will you kindly say,
Were you ever at Horse-and –Jockey?’

‘I’ve borne my part in a savage fray,
When I got this wound from a Lascar;
We were bound just then from Mandalay
For the isle of Madagascar.
Ah! The sun never tired of shining there,
An’ the trees canaries sang in’.
‘What of that?’ says the other, ‘Sure I’ve a pair,
And there’s lots more over in Drangan’.

‘I’ve hunted the tigers in Turkestan,
In Australia the kangaroos;
An’ I lived six months as medicine man
To the tribe of the Katmandoos.
An’ I’ve stood on the scene of Olympic games,
Where the Grecians showed their paces’.
The other replied, ‘Now tell me, James,
Were you ever at Fethard Races?’

‘Don’t talk of your hunting in Yucatan,
Or your fishing off Saint Helena’
I’d rather see young lads hunting the wran
In the hedges of Tubberaheena.
No doubt the scenes of a Swiss canton
Have a passable sort of charm,
But give me a sunset on Sliavnamon
From the road by Hackett’s Farm.

‘An’ I’d rather be strolling along the quay,
An’ watching the river flow,
Than growing tea with the cute Chinee,
Or mining in Mexico.
An’ I wouldn’t much care for Sierra Leone,
If I hadn’t seen Killenaule,
An’ the man that ne’er saw Mullinahone
Shouldn’t say he had travelled at all’.

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from M​ó​r Mo Mholadh Great Is My Praise, released May 16, 2021

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