The Irish standard., 1893-09-02

"nC0 UaVlO WdH SOIuS elSAtecA ySdA
Of age, or thereabout,
Betune the haythen and Judarr
bloody war broke cut.
His brothers listed for the war;
Begorra! they wor' daisies
His father TUX a contract for
TO sell the army chaases.
s'David, the ould man said one day,
You'd loike little thramp;
Jist load some chaases on the dhray,
And take EN- down to camp"
He dhrove to camp and sought straightwa!
The commissary's tint:
He got q voucher for his pay,
Thin to his brothers whit.
He found EN- lookin' mighty blue,
And in dhresdful fright;
Retrate was what they wished to do,
But diYil bit to fight.
A big, black bully, tin fut tall,
Was blufan' all the Jews,
And TROOPS and staff and Gin raj Saul,
Wor quakir' in their shoes.
Goliath was the cray,hur's name.
A howlin' Philistine,
His sword vas loike the lightnin's flame,
His spear was like pine.
He wore upon his back and breast
Tin thousand pounds Of brass;
The shine of him, completely dressed.
Would smash lookin glass.
Aud livery day the haste would sbtrut,
Inflamed wild dhrink aud pride,
And kept all Israel closely shut
In lines we'll fortified.
"Come out" he'd bawl, ''come out Of there,
Beyant your dirty works;
Come, ov We dare, and fight ne fair,
Yez bloody, Habrew Turks!'
But livery faithful Israelite IL
Said: 'I,ave the blaygard be;
Av course, no daciut Jew can fight
Wild ich low thrash as he. -
This sort of thing was we'll and good,
Till David jined the throop:
When he the matther understood,
Bedad. he raised whoop.
at is eburning sin and shame
He said, "upon me word.
TO hear this haythen hound defame
The chosen of the Lord.
s.And since no other man has fell
d wish tan to his hide,
III fight him for the champions belt,
And fifty pounds side."
The corp'ril of the guard etould
The of sur ofthe day
What David said, and he made bould
To mintion it at tay.
The edge du kong was ia that mess,
And heerd the whole discoorse;
So he--he couldn't do no less
Tould Gin'ral Saul av coorse.
The Chafe of Staff tould the High Praste
70 sind perem ptuous orthers
For David to report in haste
At Gin raj saul's headquarters.
But whiu the son Of Jesse kim.
And Saul beheld the lad,
So young, so tindher-loike, aud shlim,
1t made him tearin' mad.
''Oh, houly Moses! look at that"
aaid Saul the boys consate:
How can it be that SIGH brat
Can match that heavyweight?
ovid that blood suckin' giant thafe
This baby cannot sthrive;
The Phi listine, it's my belafe,
Would ate him up alive"
Tnin David said, me Lord, It's thrue
This seems q rash intint:
Yet while weigh but nine stun two,
I'm full of divilmint.
"a lion aud bear kim down
The mountains rugged sides.
slew the bastes, and whit to town
And thraded off their hides.
And since for roarin' brutes loike thin
I've found I'm man enough,
I'm quite convinced that can thrim
This blaggard pagan rough"
"Avick!" says Saul, "ye're full of pluck,
And wag yure little chin
Like one who rally thrusts his luck,
And names to thry an win.
. I'll give ye my best coat of mail
Anew spring suit just made
Tuck it athrifle in the tail,
And pad the shoulder blade"
But David didn't understand
The use of such thing,
And only wanted in his hand
His staff and thrusty sling.
When Goliath saw little David q
proachin', afther having heerd proclaim
ton that gra'at champion was conf
/ out to fight him, musha, he Taught fit
sphlit his sides; and by rason Of VIII
passed betune them in the way of tai
Il dhrap out of poethry for bit, bekas
while poethry is mighty foine for stint
|, mint al dialogue, it's no good at all for
ra'al strong, first-class, breezy bla
S;xnardin match.
! Mdses!" says Goliath, wild Il
! hsr 81 lin out Of his eyes for laughil