Eerie Eire
The Amadawn 'ave played the joker
for the Good folks fairy Coort
'T was they 'ave egged the paper birches
an’ touch’d the scare crow’s stalks.
They 'ave given leerin pumpkin 'eads
to Dullahan's black 'eadless 'orse.
Tied the liein' Leprechain’s tongues
changed the dread Pooka's course.
Stolen the noble Banshees keen moan
an 'idden 'er bone white comb.
They 'ave lured two changeling lovers
to Red Man’s bloody 'ome.
N'er free since June the jesters play
their brash tricks on Samhain’s eve
Stealin' all the gifts left fur the dead
'neath mournin' mortals trees.
N't till the sunrise will they lave off
wid the Leprechauns in toe.
And sadly scurry 'omeward bound
sure laven us all alone!
* A verse for Samhain's Eve [Better know as Halloween] in Irish dialect
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