 | 1815 - 412 ページ
...wren, while others sung the following verses, if these lines may be so called : " The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, On St. Stephen's day was caught in the woods ; Although he's little his family's big, Come out, good landlady, give us a drink." This, I understood,... | |
 | 1913 - 878 ページ
...the girls too, would dress up with masks and ribbons and go round carrying a holly bush and singing: The wran, the wran, the king of all birds. On St Stephen's Day he was caught In the furze: He was so cute and we were so cunning, He hid in the bushes while we were... | |
 | Nicholas Flood Davin - 1877 - 750 ページ
...&c., and containing a little bird to represent the wren, while they sing — " The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, On St. Stephen's Day was caught in the firs." St. Patrick's Day is also regularly celebrated. BothProtestantsand Catholics generally unite,... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 346 ページ
...rounds, and sang a rude doggerel, of which the following was the burden : — " The wren, the wren, The king of all birds, On St. Stephen's Day • Was caught in the furze. Though he is little, His honor is great, So rise up, kind lady, And give us a treat. Up with the kettle... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1888 - 448 ページ
...rounds, and sang a rude doggerel, of which the following was the burden : — '' The wren, the wren, The king of all birds, On St. Stephen's Day Was caught in the furze. Though he is little. His honor is great, So rise up, kind lady, And give us a treat. Up with the kettle... | |
 | 1907 - 748 ページ
...poor dreoilin from door to door, singing some doggerel verse, with this refrain : "The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, On St. Stephen's day was caught in the furze, Although he is little, his family's great. So come, gentle lady, and give us a trate." From the wren... | |
 | County Kildare Archaeological Society - 1908 - 558 ページ
...house they come to they repeat a verse or two of a "song" which commences — " The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, On St. Stephen's Day was caught in the furze ; Though his body is small, his family is great, So, if you l)lease, your honour, give us a treat.... | |
 | 1908 - 754 ページ
...door to door collecting for a feast, singing in a queer kind of plain chant : " The wren, the wren, the king of all birds. On St. Stephen's day was caught in the furze, Altho' he is little, his family's great, So come gentle lady and give us a irate." I'm glad to say... | |
 | Denis Carolan Rushe - 1916 - 200 ページ
...song has been lost, and has an English substitute, which is a begging song : — The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, On St. Stephen's day was caught in the firs, Though he is little his courage is great, So rise up mistress and give us a treat. The song sung... | |
 | 1926 - 346 ページ
...contained, or was supposed to contain, the corpse of a wren. They sang the following couplet : — • The wran, the wran, the king of all birds, On St. Stephen's Day was caught in the furze. My father, who was born over a hundred years ago, used to tell me the following legend in connection... | |
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The wren, the wren, The king of all birds, On St. Stephen's Day • Was caught in the furze. 
