| Sure, av ye were a raal gentleman ye'd be givin' a fippenny-bit to the gossoon there, that sarved you. |
| A gossoon from Kilrush, y'r reverence, with a bit of a note for the gentleman there. |
| He is a raal jewel, that gossoon o' mine, an' the light of his father's eyes. |
| There was ne'er a gossoon in the village dared tread on the tail of my coat. |
| It's right ye should hear what the gossoon fought his way up from to where he stands now. |
| It's more than forty years ago, an' though I was no more nor a gossoon myself, I remimber it like yestherday. |
