Sir Henry Browne Hayes



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    • From 'the press gang' Brodsky 1974

    No snakes at Vaucluse House

    First owner was Sir Henry Brown Hayes. He was an Irishman and was scared of snakes. He dug a trench around the house and filled it with imported Irish soil.

    Sir Henry
    From RHS Story of Vaucluse House. 1915.
    (Tune: Merrily Kissed The Quaker)
    Sung as a taunt after the case of Sir Henry Brown Hayes who built Vaucluse House.





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