Old Song

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.

A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets
journeys on in safety.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
He took him a sheep skin to make him a' read more

When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
He took him a sheep skin to make him a' one.
"With the skinny side out, and the wooly side in,
'Twill be warm and convanient," said Bryan O'Lynn.