McBeen's Heifer-John Roche

[ti:McBeen's Heifer] [ar:John Roche] [al:Songs of Percy French's Ireland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.26]McBeen's Heifer - John Roche [00:01.05]Written by： Percy French [00:02.36] [00:05.99]McBreen had two daughters and each one in turn [00:08.72]Was offered in marriage to Jamesy O'Burn [00:11.85]Now Kitty was pretty but Jane she was plain [00:14.45]So to make up the differ McBreen would explain [00:17.93]He'd give the best heifer he had on the land [00:20.82]As a sort of a bonus with Jane understand [00:23.75]But then Kitty would charrum a bird off a bush [00:26.86]And that left the lad in a horrid non-plush [00:29.70] [00:30.38]Now there's no denyin' Kitty was remarkably pretty [00:34.79]Tho' I can't say the same for Jane [00:37.74]But still there's not the differ of the price of a heifer [00:40.56]Between the pretty and the plain [00:43.07] [00:46.28]Entirely bothered was Jamsey O'Burn [00:48.80]He thought that he'd give the schoolmaster a turn [00:51.55]Sez he to wed Kitty is very good fun [00:53.88]Still a heifer's a heifer when all's said an' done [00:56.49] [00:57.10]A girl she might lose her good looks anyhow [00:59.79]And a heifer might grow to an elegant cow [01:02.61]But still there's no price for the stock d'ye mind [01:05.46]And Jane has a face that the Divil designed [01:09.13]Still there's no denyin' Kitty was remarkably pretty [01:13.95]Tho' I can't say the same for Jane [01:16.61]But still there's not the differ of the price of a heifer [01:19.52]Between the pretty and the plain [01:21.91] [01:25.40]The schoolmaster said with a good deal of sinse [01:28.23]We'll reduce the two girls to shillin's an' pence [01:30.25] [01:30.86]Add the price of the heifer then Jane I'll be bound [01:33.69]Will come out on top by a couple o' pound [01:36.07] [01:36.94]But still I'm forgettin' that down in Glengall [01:40.15]The stock is just goin' for nothin' at all [01:42.88] [01:43.41]So Jim thought he'd wait till the end of the year [01:46.51]Till girls might be cheaper or stock might be dear [01:51.42] [01:52.87]But when he came for Kitty [01:55.00]She was married to McGinty [01:56.52]And McGee had appropriated Jane [01:59.39]So whether there's the differ [02:00.65]Of the price of a heifer [02:03.70]Was a thing that he never could explain