six-sixes

Updated: July 12, 2025

Let me give the words, and, Bob, if you could manage the 'Protestant Boys, rather than 'Croppies lie Down, it would suit it; and, indeed, it would be well if the whole congregation joined us in it. I shall give the words let me see, long measure, eight lines, four nines, and four six-sixes;

William Carleton - Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent: The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two