While going the road to sweet Athy, A stick in my hand and a drop in my eye, A doleful damsel I heard cry: “Och Johnny, I hardly knew ye! With drums … - Joseph B. Geoghegan

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While going the road to sweet Athy,
A stick in my hand and a drop in my eye,
A doleful damsel I heard cry:
“Och Johnny, I hardly knew ye!
With drums and guns, and guns and drums,
The enemy nearly slew ye;
My darling dear, you look so queer,
Och, Johnny, I hardly knew ye!"