Tim Moore + 

Moore found the ballads of Green Isle + 

Were oft obscured beneath the soil, + 

As miner digging in a mine + 

Finds rubbish ’mong the gold so fine, + 

So Moore placed dross in the waste basket + 

And enshrined jewels in casket, + 

Where all may view each charming gem + 

In Ireland’s grand old diadem. + 

In eastern lands his fame prevails + 

In wondrous oriental tales, + 

So full of gems his Lala Rookh, + 

Hindus and Brahmins read his book, + 

And dark eyed Persian girls admire + 

The beauty of his magic lyre, + 

Glowing like pearls of great price + 

Those distant gleams of paradise. + 

He sang of Bryan Borohm’s glory, + 

Renowned in ancient Irish story, + 

And shows the wide expanded walls + 

Which once encircled Tara’s Halls, + 

When joyous harp did there resound + 

And Ireland’s greatest king was crowned, + 

All wars and tumults then did cease, + 

Ireland did prosper great in peace. + 

He sung of meeting of the waters + 

And of Ireland’s charming daughters, + 

Great minstrel from his harp both flows, + 

Ireland’s triumphs and her woes, + 

Canada doth his fame prolong + 

While she doth sing his great boat song, + 

And his own countrymen adore + 

The genial, witty, bright Tom Moore. + 