1889.] 4iy [Mooney. 



The following is the corresponding verse used in the English-speaking 

 districts : 



The wran, tlie wran, the king of all birds, 

 Saint Stephens'es day he was caught in the furz. 

 Altho he's but small, his family's great ; 

 Rise up, landlady, and giv him a titrate. 



Among the verses added in different parts of the country ar the follow- 

 ing, the names being changed according to the house visiied : 



1. Mister O'Brien is a worthy man, 



And to his house we brought the wran— 



We brought the wran to visit you here, 



Wishing you a happy Christmas and many New Years (sic).— Cokk. 



2. The wran was so cute and I was so cunning. 

 He stood in the bush while I was a-running. 

 On Christmas day in turning a spit, 



I burnt my finger and I feel it yet. 

 Between my finger and my thumb 

 There lies a blister as big as a plum.— Cork. 



3. My slioes ar wore, my coat I tore, 



I followd the wran three days or more.— Meath. 



4. The wran is dry and so am I, 



Giv us something or we'l let him fly. 



From bush to bush, from tree to tree. 



They bunted the wran along with me ; 



Then up with the kettle and down with the pan. 



And giv us a drink and let us be gran.— LIxMekick. 



5. Come huntin' the wren, says Robin to Bobbin ; 

 Come huntin' the wren, says Richard to Robin ; 

 Come huntin' the wren, says Jack Tilaone ; 

 Come huntin' the wren, says every one !* 



6. We hunted the wren through frost and snow ; 

 We hunted the wren seven miles or more ; 

 We knocked him down and he could not see ; 

 And we brought him home in a holly tree.* 



7. T'vgas t'u mo d'reoUn Horn, air saot'ar, 



Agus air a g-Cnoc Ard-d'roig'canac b'i se air heile. 

 'yuair-a b'l se d'a t'uirt agus a t-anam da creat'ad' 

 D'iarr se a fab'airt go dti Mister Bead'mond. 

 Air M'ider Read'mond ef ein af'uascailt, 

 Beoir'gus coifl go fairsing da c'07ft"iMC"d.t— Kerry. 



* Probably used in Gal way or some other part of the west. From Edgar L. Wakemau, 

 Afoot in Ireland, in Washington (D. C.) Evening Star, Dec. 22, 1888. 

 t Pronounced : Huggas hu ma ghroclyeen loom er sathar, 



Ogus er a gnuc ardh-reenakh ve shne er baela. 



Nur-ave shae ghaw hoorch ogus athunnam dhawkhraeha, 



Jeer shae a hoorch gojee Midher Raymond. 



Er Vixther Raymond ae haen a wnasculch, 



B'yoer 'gus coffee gofurshing dhaw khoalakhdh. 



