The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-02-24
NEWS FROM IRELAND
Battle of Dundee.

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first engagement at Dundee "bagged"
~eral hundred OF the Royal Irish
e. rusileers.-Dispatch from South Africa
On the mountain side the battle ragged,
there was no stop nor stay;
Mackin captured Private Burke and
Ensign Michael Shea;
Fitzgerald got Fitzpatrick, Brannigan
found O'Rourke;
Finnigan took a man named Fay-and
couple OF lads from Cork;
Sudden they heard McManus shout:
Hands UP or I'll run you through"
He thought he had Yorkshire "Tyke'
twas Corporal Donohue!
McGarry took O'Leary, OBrien got
McNamee,
That's how the English fought the
Dutch at the Battle OF Dundee.
Then some one brought in Casey,
O'Connor took O'Neill;
Riley captured Kavanaugh, while try
ing to make steal,
Hogan caught McFadden, Corrigan
found Mcbride,
And Brennan made handsome touch
when Kelly tried slide.
Dacey took lad named Walsh; Doc
ley got McQuirk;
Gilligan turned in Fahey's boy-ior his
father he used to work.
They had marched to fight the English
but Irish were all they could see
That's how the English fought the
Dutch" at the Battle of Dundee
Spillane then took O'Madigan; Shan
nahan took MCGEE
While chasing Jerry Donovan, Clancy
got shot in the knee
He cursed the queens whole army, he
cursed the English race,
Then found the man who fired the shot,
twas cousin-Martin Grace.
Then McGinnis caught an A. o. H.
who came from Limerick town,
But Sullivan got an Orangeman from
IL.
Hennessey took O'Hara-Hannigan
took McFea.
That's how the English fought the
Dutch at the Battle of Dundee
The sun was sinking slowly; the battle
rolled along;
The man that Murphy handed in was
cousin of Maud Come.
Then Flanagan dropped his rifle
shook hands with Bill Mcclure,
For both had carried piece OF turf to
light the schoolroom fire.
Then Rafferty, took i'll Flaherty; O'Con-
nor got Major McCue;
O'Keeie got hold OF Sergeant Joyce
and Belfast lad or two.
Some swore that "Old Man Kruger"
had come down to see the fun;
But the man they thought was "Uncc
Paul. was a Galway man named
Dunn.
Though war may have worse horrors
twas frightful sight to see
The way the English fought the
Dutch' at the Battle OF Dundee.
Just when the sound OF firing in the
distance fainter grew,
Ryan caught McClosky, and Orderly
Donegan, too.
O'Toole he found Mccarthy; O'Maho-
ney got Malone.
Duffy got a pair OF lads from Con-
naught, near Athlone.
Then Dineen took OHagan; Phelan
got 'Kehoc.
Dempsey captured Callahan but, Gal
lagher let him go.
You'd have thought that Belfast
Chicken had tackled the dublin
Flea
The way the English fought the
Dutch at the Battle of Dundee.
Then Powers began to intervene, the
Waterford Powers, mean,
And took lad named Keenan, and a
captain named Mulqueen.
Then Brady captured Noonan; Mahcr
got McIdoo;
McGovcrn got O'Hanlon and Colonel
Mclaughlin, too.
Twas now the hour of sunset, the bat
tie was nearly DER,
When Mccormick came in with Hoo
Ian and Lieutenant Roger Moore.
But twas great day for ireland, as
you cain easily see;
That's how the English fought the
Dutch" at the Battle of Dundee
They marched them all to Kruger's
town for supper and bed,
O'Halloran was the rear guard; the
way McNulty led.
When they got them to the race course
the Beers were full OF glce,
While Kruger never expected so many
Englishmcn to sce''
They told him they were Irish; it puz-
zled the old mans head,
For the Irish he'd seen were dressed in
green, while these were logged in
red;
But it's passing story; on history's
page you'll see,
That "'Twas the English fought the