Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
The Minstrel Boy, st. 1. <br class="br"> Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)
“I saw the Colonel empty his revolver and go down under ten wild boys. A moment later they tossed his bleeding head into the air and started a ball game. Just at dusk the wild boys got up and padded away. They left the bodies stripped to the skin many with genitals cut off. The wild boys make little testicles in which they carry their hasish and khat.”
— William S. Burroughs, book The Wild Boys
The Wild Boys (1971)
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