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.
