Jembo No Toes
Another integral part of life in the Liberties was Jembo-No-Toes.
Poor old Jembo was a blind artillery-man, and he was called No Toes because he suffered with bad feet, and to get some air circulating around them, he cut the toe-caps out of his shoes.
Patrick Street was his regular haunt,and could be see most days on his rounds with his toes stickin ouriv ezze boots and singing his personal signature tune;
Another integral part of life in the Liberties was Jembo-No-Toes.
Poor old Jembo was a blind artillery-man, and he was called No Toes because he suffered with bad feet, and to get some air circulating around them, he cut the toe-caps out of his shoes.
Patrick Street was his regular haunt,and could be see most days on his rounds with his toes stickin ouriv ezze boots and singing his personal signature tune;
I don't want to go to the trenches no more
Where the alley man's guns shatter and roar.
Oh! my Oh! me, take me home over the sea,
Back to the Liberties.
Where the alley man's guns shatter and roar.
Oh! my Oh! me, take me home over the sea,
Back to the Liberties.
Comment