Barnaby Bright he was a sharp cur
The Proverb of Barnaby Bright is given by Ray and Brand as referring to St. Barnabas.
“Barnaby Bright he was a sharp cur,
He always would bark if a mouse did but stir;
But now he's grown old, and can no longer bark,
He's condemn'd by the parson to be hanged by the clerk.”
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