31 OCTOBER 1981, Page 20

Irish lyrics

Sir: I think it was the late Brendan Francis Behan who pointed out that the words in Tilliburlero' which Mr S. G. Davies calls doggerel (Letters, 17 October), are actually garbled Irish. The song is also called 'The Protestant Boys'.

Patrick Bury

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