Collected Poems of Richard Griffin
THE Irish anaconda
There in the hedge out yonder
Looks for the boobs
Poor foolish Rubes
Wherever they may wander.
The Irish anaconda
My—how he loves to squander
My ruddy gore
Forevermore.
I'm in the clutches yonder
My hair turns white, I'm blonder
Than any Swede
Indeed, indeed
The snake—he's an absconder.
I feel a bite
I cannot fight
The Irish anaconda—
He curls about
Poor me poor lout
When suddenly from yonder
The Orange boa constrictor
Just like a Roman Lictor
Tackles the green absconder.
The fight is short
No sport, he's caught
That Orange snake, he'll wander
No more poor bug
Smashed in the hug
Crushed by the anaconda.
He sprawls out limp
The simp, poor pimp
That Orange boa constrictor
Poor foolish fake
Caught by that snake
The Irish Roman lictor.
We shout with glee
Both you and me
We bless the snake absconder
Each Orange sty
Is conquered by
The Irish anaconda.
THE END