Song Lyrics Unknown - Limb Of The Law    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Limb Of The Law Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Limb Of The Law Theme ID: 4723 Album: N/A The Limb of the Law (Brian O'Higgins?) You can tell by my feet I'm a limb of the law The people of Dublin for me have no gra; The hiss me and boo me when I pass them by, "Sinn Fein", "Up the rebels" you'll hear them al cry. Now you may think that's bad, but there's one thing that's worse This grand Irish language on my soul 'tis a curse. Wid' their yibberin and yabberin like an old asses' bray, The Castle expects me to know what they say, chorus: With "Ochone" and "Mo Bhroin" you'll hear them all say "An dtuigeann tu me?" and "Sinn Fein, hooray!" "Is doigh liom go bhfuil is doigh liom nach e" "Ach ta me ag foghlaim na Gaeilge." Now I've a friend on the force and he's courting a cook And what do you know but she bought him a book, With Irish on this side and English on that. So small I could carry it round in my hat. Oh first learn the letters and then the whole phrase. I'll have it all off in a couple of days. Then their yibberin and yabberin I'11 soon understand. Such larnification will stagger the land. Chorus Now this book I procured and to learn I must try "An bhfuil me?" means "Are you?", "An bhfu'il tu?" means "Am I?" "Is doigh liom", I think that I do understand "Mo lamh" is my foot and "Mo chluas" is my hand. "Ta me ag foghlaim", I'm learning, you see If I keep on like this, an inspector I'll be. I'm getting so big that I don't know the cat, My head is two sizes too large for my hat. Chorus Now with larnification I'm bloody near dead, I lie on the floor 'cause I can't lie in bed I am walking and talking when I'm fast asleep. When I hear "Up the rebels! " my flesh starts to creep My friends all have left me, I've now just a few I'm walking around like a wandering Jew ' Chorus Note: Dublin police, in the period from 1916 to about 1920, were ordered to prosecute Irish rebel leaders who preached sedition. Unfortunately, those preachments were in Irish, which the Polis didn't understand. Orders were issued for Dublin cops to learn Irish so that they could hunt out traitorous utterences. For some reason, the populace found this amusing. More Notes: Sorry, there are accent marks in Gaelic that don't show up in ASCII. Still more notes: O-chone (gutteral ch): Oh woe! Mo Bhron (Mo Vrone... long o): my sorrow. An Dtuigeann tu me (On diggan too may): Do you understand me? Is doigh liom (iss doughey lum) : It is my opinion The sentence is, roughly "I believe that it is; I believe that it's not, but I'm learning Gaelic" An bhfuil me (on fwheel may): Am I? An bhfuil tu (on fwheel too): Are you? Mo lamh (Mo lahv): my hand Mo chluas (gutteral ch): my ear Tame ag foghlaim (Taw may egg follam): I am learning Translation and transliteration thanks to P. Heinlein From Songs of Dublin, Frank Harte @Irish @rebellion filename[ LIMBLAW play.exe LIMBLAW RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Little Brown Bulls, Little Brown Jug, Little Guiding Light Of Mine, Little Gypsy Girl, Little Joe The Wrangler, Little Log Cabin By The Stream, Little Maggie, Little Maumee, Little Mohee, Little Moses, Little Mosesor At Least The Choruses, Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim, Little Piece Of Wang, Little River, Little Rosewood Casket, Little Sadie, Little Sally Walker, Little Willie, Live Together In Sin, Liverpool Judies Ii, Liverpool Lou, Liverpool Lullaby, Living On The Land, Living On The River, Liza Jane, Lizzie Lindsay, Lll Take You Home Again Kathleen, Llwyn Onn The Ash Grove, Lobster, Loch Lomond, Locks And Bolts, Lolly Toodum, Londonderry Air, Lonely Willow Tree, Lonesome Dove, Lonesome Robin, Lonesome Valley, Long Black Veil, Long Gone, Long John, Long Peggin Awl, Long Strike, Long Time Travelin, Lord Bateman, Lord Gregory, Lord Ingram And Child Wylet, Lord Lovel, Lord Marlborough, Lord Of The Dance, Lord Of The Irt, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy