Death to Evnissyen
He was the troubled sea
Mane mangler, tail tearer
Colt cutter, stallion slasher
Knew danger hung in Irish hall
Millstone hands grinding skulls to flour
But the wind blew up the waves
Sister's-son slayer
Nephew murderer, king killer
And a battle storms around
The Irish take their dead
Make them fight again
So he crawls amongst the corpses
With them is laid out
In the cauldron's foaming mouth
Stretches sinews, brakes the bowl
Metal shatters into four
And he, the gaoler's son,
Falls to his own pyre. |