The Armoured Car

[Verse 1]
Now come all my good friends and around me attend
You can listen to my song
You must appreciate a hound so great
To the sport that you belong
No land or title did he ever own
And he cared not for whom you are
He was bred and trained by the boys of Fairhill
And they called him the Armoured Car

[Verse 2]
Facts to you I'll disclose, he had a checkproof nose
And he never yet lost a hunt
He had cast-iron jaws and steel-padded paws
Every nail was like an iron bar
From one mile to ten, he would nevеr give in
If you ran him from here to Castlеbar
Small wonder, gentlemen, that the boys of Fairhill
Used to call him the Armoured Car

[Verse 3]
Now in the year of twenty one, when he started to run
Having surveyed the country all round
He sent a sworn declaration to the Harriers Association
That he cared not for man, hare or hound
And he swore right then that if he didn't win
To Fairhill he'd never repair
Little wonder, gentlemen, that the boys of Fairhill
Used to call him the Armoured Car

[Verse 4]
Now at the Battle of Waterloo now they all well knew
How he laid the enemy low
When they thought he was done from the heat of the sun
And the armour on fire would go
To the finish from the start he broke the Blarney dogs' heart
And he surpassed t'evening star
Who should be coming to the front and he leading the hunt
But Doylie's old Armoured Car

[Verse 5]
Now here is my glass and around may it pass
As we drink in token of love
Here's to every hand that mine can expand
And to those up in heaven above
Here's to every hound who knows his ground
No matter where they are
'Twould be Connie Doyle's delight if every dog here tonight
Had a heart like the Armoured Car