The Irish Colonel

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

The Irish Colonel is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in Songs of Action on 8 june 1898.



Editions


The Irish Colonel

Said the king to the colonel,
"The complaints are eternal,
That you Irish give more trouble
Than any other corps."

Said the colonel to the king,
"This complaint is no new thing,
For your foemen, sire, have made it
A hundred times before."


Adaptations

Music score