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"Paddy McGinty's Goat" is a comic song written in 1917 by English songwriters Bert Lee and R. P. Weston in collaboration with the American performing duo The Two Bobs. It tells the story of an aggressive goat which comes to the village of Killaloe in Ireland and terrorises it by butting its inhabitants and eating everything in sight. 〔(Paddy McGinty's Goat ) Music sheet for Paddy McGinty's Goat written and composed by R. P. Weston, Bert Lee and The Two Bobs, published by Francis, Day and Hunter, 1917. Victoria and Albert Museum , London, Museum number: S.1292-2014.〕 The song was performed in music halls from 1917 by The Two Bobs. The Irish baritone Mick O'Brian The 4/4 melody is in D major on the original sheet music, with a D sharp diminished passing chord between the phrases. The second half of each stanza moves to a higher register. It was originally published by Francis, Day & Hunter. The original 1917 lyrics had verses describing the goats contribution to the First World War with it chasing submarines off the coast of Ireland and fighting with the Irish Guards on the Western Front.〔(Against All Odds: In Memory of My Father L/Corp. George Matthews ) Royal Irish ... By Aline Hanna (Matthews), 2010, page 140〕 The plot is somewhat similar to that of "Bill Groggin's Goat", a song that is thought to be based on a Robert Service poem, "The Ballad Of Casey's Billy-Goat". 〔(The Ballad Of Casey's Billy-Goat ) Robert Service, Monologues. Accessed December 2014.〕〔(Paddy McGinty's Goat 1917 lyrics ), Memorial University of Newfoundland .〕 The village of Killaloe mentioned in the song is a large village in east County Clare, Ireland. It has a population of about 1000. The women of the village take to wearing bustles to protect themselves from the goat. A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid-to-late 19th century. == Opening lines ==
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