[Verse 1]

1869 bein' the date of the year

Those Waterloo sportsmen and more did appear

For to gain the great prizes and bear them awa'

Never countin' on Ireland and Master McGrath

[Verse 2]

On the twelfth of December, that day of renown

Lord Lurgan he left with McGrath, London town

A gale in the Channel, it soon drove them o'er

On the thirteenth they landed on fair England's shore

[Verse 3]

And when they arrived there in a big London town

Thosе great English sportsmen all gatherеd around

And some of the gentlemen gave a "Haha!"

Saying, "Is that the dog ya call 'Master McGrath'?"

[Verse 4]

Then Lord Lurgan stepped forward, he said "Gentlemen

If there's any among you has money to spend

For ya nobles of England I don't care a straw

Here's five-thousand-to-one upon Master McGrath!"

[Verse 5]

Then McGrath he looked up and he wagged his oul' tail

Informing his Lordship, "I know what ya mean

Don't fear noble Brownlow, don't fear them a ghrá

I'll soon tarnish their laurels", says Master McGrath

[Verse 6]

And Rose stood uncovered, the great English pride

Her master and keeper were close by her side

They have let her away, and the crowd cried "Hurrah!"

For the pride of all England, and Master McGrath

[Verse 7]

As Rose and the Master they both ran along

"Now I wonder", said Rose, "what took you from your home?

You should have stopped there in your Irish domain

And not come to gain laurels on Albion's plain"

[Verse 8]

"Well I know", says McGrath, "we have wild heather bogs

But you'll find in ould Ireland there's good men and dogs

Lead on bold Britannia, give none of your jaw

Shove that up your nostrils!", says Master McGrath

[Verse 9]

Then the hare she went on just as swift as the wind

He was sometimes before her and sometimes behind

Rose gave the first turn according to law

But the second was given be Master McGrath

[Verse 10]

The hare she led on with a wonderful view

And swift as the wind o'er the green fields she flew

But he jumped on her back, and he held up his paw

"Three cheers for ould Ireland!", says Master McGrath