Brian O'Lynn had an old gray mare,

VoiceColl. by M.C. Parler Fred High High, Ark. Jan. 25, 1960 Reel 349, Item 4 Brian O'Lynn Brian O'Lynn had an old gray mare, Her sides was short and her back was bare, And her bones went juggling just under the skin, She's a hoppin and a skill, says Brian O'Lynn. Brian O'Lynn he had no coat, He killed him a goat to make him a coat, He wore the hairy side out and the pelt side in, It's a mighty fine coat, says Brian O'Lynn. They had supper (This is spoken) What have you got for supper (spoken) Had no meat, flesh, fowl, nor no sich a thing, It's a mighty poor supper, says Brian O'Lynn. We set down to supper (spoken) And which one of my girls do you like best? I'll take one fer love and the other fer kin, I'll take them both, says Brian O'Lynn. After supper they must have a dance, There was nobody there that could caper nor prance His shoes was thin and his socks was bare. I'll shake my old tatter says Brian O'Lynn. After supper they must cross the bridge together, The bridge it broke and they ail fell in, I can't touch bottom, says Brian O'Lynn ("That's all of it. We never done good that time.")Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation