O sad, yet happy people, <br />your innate sense of humour <br />was tested to the nth degree <br />by bloody British treachery. <br /> <br />Dance, Colleen, dance. <br />Sing, Paddy, sing. <br />Never let those bastards <br />quell your Irish soul.<br /><br />jerry hughes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-irish/