Songs from Vagabondia

<h3><SPAN name="THE_KAVANAGH" name="THE_KAVANAGH"></SPAN>THE KAVANAGH.</h3> <p>A stone jug and a pewter mug, <br/>And a table set for three! <br/>A jug and a mug at every place, <br/>And a biscuit or two with Brie! <br/>Three stone jugs of Cruiskeen Lawn, <br/>And a cheese like crusted foam! <br/>The Kavanagh receives to-night! <br/>McMurrough is at home! <br/> <br/>We three and the barley-bree! <br/>And a health to the one away, <br/>Who drifts down careless Italy, <br/>God's wanderer and estray! <br/>For friends are more than Arno's store <br/>Of garnered charm, and he <br/>Were blither with us here the night <br/>Than Titian bids him be. <br/> <br/>Throw ope the window to the stars, <br/>And let the warm night in! <br/>Who knows what revelry in Mars <br/>May rhyme with rouse akin? <br/>Fill up and drain the loving cup <br/>And leave no drop to waste! <br/>The moon looks in to see what's up&mdash; <br/>Begad, she'd like a taste! <br/> <br/>What odds if Leinster's kingly roll <br/>Be now an idle thing? <br/>The world is his who takes his toll, <br/>A vagrant or a king. <br/>What though the crown be melted down, <br/>And the heir a gypsy roam? <br/>The Kavanagh receives to-night! <br/>McMurrough is at home! <br/> <br/>We three and the barley-bree! <br/>And the moonlight on the floor! <br/>Who were a man to do with less? <br/>What emperor has more? <br/>Three stone jugs of Cruiskeen Lawn, <br/>And three stout hearts to drain <br/>A slanter to the truth in the heart of youth <br/>And the joy of the love of men.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />