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_ , xli. , p. 343 . The `` Receipt '' in _ Irish _ is in Walker , and at the end of Vallancey 's Irish Grammar , second ed. , Dublin , 1781 . -LCB- 565 -RCB- Here is the translation given in Walker : -- `` When by sickness or sorrow assail 'd , To the mansion of Stafford I hie 'd His advice or his cordial ne'er fail 'd To relieve me -- nor e'er was denied . `` At midnight our glasses went round , In the morning a cup he would send ; By the force of his wit he has found That my life did on drinking depend . `` With the spirit of Whiskey inspir 'd , By my Harp e ` en the pow ' r is confess 'd ; 'T is then that my genius is fir 'd , 'T is then I sing sweetest and best . `` Ye friends and ye neighbours draw near , Attend to the close of my song ; Remember , if life you hold dear , That drinking your life will prolong . '' Curiously enough among the subscribers to the _ Romantic Ballads _ , Norwich , 1826 , we find these names : -LRB- p. 185 -RRB- `` F. Arden , Esq. , London , five copies , '' `` T. G. O'Donnahoo , Esq. , London , five copies ; '' -LRB- p. 187 -RRB- `` Mr. J. Turner , London '' .