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Moses Ritooraliay lyrics
MOSES RI-TOORAL-I-AY
(Brain O Higgins)
The policeman walked out, oh, so proud on his beat
When a vision came to him of stripes on his sleeve;
"Promotion," he whispered, "I ll try for today,
So its come with me Mister Ri-tooral-i-ay."
"Come tell me your name," says the limb of the law
To the little fat man selling wares on the straw.
"What s that, sir? Me name, sir? Why it s there on display
And it s Moses Ri-tooral-i-ooral-i-ay."
Now, the trial it came on and it lasted a week.
One judge said twas German; another, twas Greek-
"Prove you re lrish," said the policeman "and beyond it say nay;
And we ll sit on it, Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay."
Now the prisoner stepped up there as stiff as a crutch.
"Are you lrish or English or German or Dutch?"
"I m a Jew, sir; I m a Jew, sir," that came over to stay.
And my name it is Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay."
"We re two of a kind." said the judge to the Jew;
"You re a cousin of Briscoe and I am one too.
This numbskull has blundered and for it will pay."
"Wisha that s right," says Moses Ri-tooral-i-ay.
There s a garbage eollcctor who works down our strset;
He once was a policeman, the pride of his beat.
And he moans all the night and he groans all the day,
Singing," Moses Ri-tootal-i-ooral-i-ay. "
Note: This reflects on the period when the Irish language was
outlawed in Ireland; the inability of the police to speak, or
even recognize the language presented enforcement problems.
Briscoe was Dublin s mayor. He was Jewish. (As the story
goes, "only in America."
Recorded by Clancys
See also LIMBLAW
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