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Title

Dublin's other poetry : rhymes and songs of the city / edited by John Wyse Jackson and Hector McDonnell.

Publication

Dublin : Lilliput Press, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jackson, John Wyse
• McDonnell, Hector, 1947-

Description

xiii, 145 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Dublin's writers rarely remain solemn for long: their wicked sense of humour has travelled the world. This is an irresistible new anthology of what used to be called 'comic and curious verse' about the city, written by some of her most entertaining poets and songwriters." "Fashions in verse come and go. Too often we forget - paradoxically - the most memorable works of wit, sarcasm or absurdity. The ones gathered here were written over four centuries, and were inspired by many things - among them love, injustice, history, politics, animals and alcohol, but most of all by the citizens of Dublin themselves. Whether the lines are satirical, sentimental, subversive, sexy or just plain silly, you will find that many of them show a rare seriousness as well." "Each poem comes with background information about where it originated, and each page is illuminated by Hector McDonnell's wonderful, witty drawings."--Jacket.

Subject

• English poetry > Irish authors
• Humorous poetry, Irish
• Dublin (Ireland) > Poetry

Genre/Form

Poetry

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Rhymes and reasons: an introduction -- To Trinity College, 1943 / Fergus Allen -- Poem / Peter Allt -- Balbriggan: at the ladies' bathing place / (Anon.) -- The old triangle / Brendan Behan -- A ballade of the future ; A stout saint / George Bonass -- The Dubliner ; Gough's statue / Vincent Caprani -- Choriambics from Carlisle Bridge / (Anon.) -- Kilcarty to Dublin / Maurice James Craig -- The monks of the screw / John Philpot Curran -- Les jeunes à James Joyce -- Awkcents / Morgan Dockrell -- Dollymount Strand / (Anon.) -- Donnybrook Fair: an irregular ode / (Anon.) -- Mystic journey / M.F. Egan -- Enquiring Edward / (Anon.) -- Epitaph (Anon.) -- Twice nightly ; The graftonette, 1916 / Herbert G. FitzGerald -- Me brother's a TD / Mick Fitzgerald -- A case of etiquette / Percy French -- The German clockwinder / (Anon.) -- Marching through Georgia / Leslie Gillespie -- The Hay Hotel / Oliver St. John Gogarty -- The Grand Canal / (Anon.) -- The axolotl / Bryan Guinness --^
• Handcuffs for two wrists / (Anon.) -- The hermit / (Anon.) -- The old jockey / F.R. Higgins -- A lament for Donnybrook / T.C. Irwin -- It ws at darling Dublin / (Anon.) -- Jemmy O'Brien's minuet / (Anon.) -- A plea for Nelson Pillar / Paul Jones -- Ode to a giant snail found in a Dublin garden / Charlie Keegan -- A kind inquirer / (Anon.) -- The departure of Billy the bulldog / Francis Ledwidge -- A new Irish melody / William Russell MacDonald -- Remembrance ; Eden Quay ; A lement for the days that are gone / M.J. MacManus -- The maid of Cabra West / (Anon.) -- An exchange / M.J.F. Mathews and Fergus Allen -- The ballad of Ging Gong Goo / Ewart Milne -- Molly Malone / (Anon.) -- Murrough O'Monaghan / (Anon.) -- O'Connell Bridge / (Anon.) -- The aeronauts / Charles O'Flaherty -- Moving statues / Liam O'Meara -- Paddy's trip from Dublin / (Anon.) -- In Petto / An Philibin -- The rakes of Stony Batter / (Anon.) -- Saint Patrick ; Far westward / (Anon.) --^
• Sall of Copper-Alley / (Anon.) -- Sandymount Strand / (Anon.) -- "If..." / Dorothy L. Sayers -- At last I went to Ireland / George Bernard Shaw -- The tale of the t[ur]d ; An invitation ; On the Revd Dr. Swift (attrib.) / Thomas Sheridan -- The sea baboon ; Brian Boru's French letter / Daragh Smiith -- Ode to Sally Gardiner / Colin Smythe -- The song of the Liffey Sprite / (Anon.) -- The Spanish lady / (Anon.) -- Stoney Pocket's auction / (Anon.) -- Cantata ; Dea Swift's grace (attrib.) ; Epitah on John Whalley (attrib.) / Jonathan Swift -- Three blind mice (Anon.) -- Thriller (Anon.) -- The sensible sea-lion / J.G.C. Trench -- Varian's brushes (Anon.) -- I've got rings on my fingers / R.P. Weston and F.J. Barnes -- Onwards / Terence De Vere White -- The wild dog compares himself to a swan / (Anon.) -- Quodded / Richard D'Alton Williams -- The address of Zozimus to his friends ; The last words of Zozimus / Zozimus.

ISBN

• 1843511614
• 9781843511618 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 458769105
• SCSB-12840666

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library