The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-05
TEDDY, ME BYE.
10 4r. Teddy MoGinn's Esq, Kitdope,y, County
Cork Ireland.

OoT6 Ireland.
DEAR CoUsIN;-
NE pin In my hand I'm n takin,
10 write yez this bit OF a scraw wi,
An hopin' in health 1t will find yez,
AS, plaze God, it's lawn us all;
An Ted III be after iDquiring
:, HOW are yez dom this bright summer day!
now are the pigs and the chllder,
Ana the rest of yez over the say,
Teddy, me byel
lts meself wud be happy to see yez
=, Ut yure good loOkn' phiz thru the dure;
us meSelf that wud trot out the whisky,
mi yez shape like king on the hure
10 give yez me bed, but for Judy,
- whose failing I'm afraid il wud hurt
but wed impty tue bottle together,
An together we'd shape in the durt,
Teddy, my bye.
shure, Ted, It's an illigant country;
Ibere is piaties and whisky galore,
An mighty good pig for the attn,
An money TO buy IT, ashore.
as $40, ioT clothes, bedad I've breeches
Wild niver patch or q hole,
An 10 mass judy goes wid bunuit
An feather as black aS q coal,
Teddy, me bye.
An election times, Teddy, me darlint
Twud make your eyes stick out fut,
To see how the greenbacks are hyin',
And now quick in our pockets they're put,
Shure what IS the use of ballot,
IT to sell it yeZ always refuse?
The way is 10 pocket the money,
An then vote just as yez chuze,
Teddy, me bye.
An that brings round TO the story.
That I'm 5CTatchln this letter to say;
Election times comm on, Teddy,
It's wanted yeZ are right away,
For Dmmykrats are not so plenty
But we want all the byes over, shurc,
To swing the shillaly, drink whisky,
An shove in the votes for Saymore,
Teddy, me bye.
Never mind about residence, Teddy,
Shure yer Tisidence Is under yer hat
Divil wun have yez got in Kildowery--
Lave to me all such matters as that.
Sure me sisters son, Paddy Mullonay,
Has a friend in New York who will schware
That yez worked by his side and dug cellars
In Ameriky many yare,
Teddy, me bye,
He'll FIX up yer papers so nately,
That yen think yez American bonn;
In q good shute of clothes yell be struttin,
Instead OF yer breeches all torn.
Whin up to the polls ye are marchin',
Shure the nagurs will all hould their whisht,
II some blayguard axes impident questions,
just tip him q shmell of yer phlst,
Teddy, me bye.
Och, Teddy, now don't yez be sthayin',
Slang yer furnity onto yer sthick,
An, sthep out for Cork and take passage
For Ameriky sudden and quick;
For the country will go to the divil
Under naygur and radikle shway,
Unless saved by the votes and shillalies
0v the 6ye5 fresh from over the say,
Teddy, me bye.
They're atm us up with their taxes
An sthamps, and the divil knows what
Though barrln' the duty on whisky
Niver tax out of me have they got,
They're giyin US green rags for money,
(lts phistful wish that had,)
An we're starVin' on beef and corn whisky,
Which is mighty go )d starVin' bedad,
Teddy, me bye.
But that's not the worst of it, Teddy;
The nagur's d citizen now
Can vote like a DimmyBrat white man..
And sbtick up for his rights in row.
So perverted is public opinion
'Tisn't safe TO crack open his skhull,
As the hair on a Dimmy krat Uranium
IL no better than Airikan WOOL
Teddy, me bye.
In the mornn', when LAWN the shanty,
Judy sehrams out, 'Dlnnis, don't 60
Some murtherin thafe OF Dagur
Will be kIlln' me DiDnis know,
An, thin comm down to the shanty
An marryin' me right out of hand"
That nagur should marry me Judy
Ismore, bedad than I'll sthand,
Teddy, me bye.
But we'll soon give the scoundres drubbin'
Valaudigham's now 10 the fore,
Thad Stevens has gone to blue blazes,
An bedad we've a friend in Saymore.
So pack up your duds in a hurry.
Not foreettin to split on your fsht,
AM lay houd on your blackthorn shillaly,
AM we'll soon give the nagurs twist,
Teddy, me bye.
Your cousin, DENNIS O'FLAHBErY.