Rare Old Mountain Dew (euskaraz Mendi Zahar Arraroaren Ihintza) Irlandako abesti herrikoi bat da. 1882. urtean sortu omen zuten, Edward Harrigan musikariak idatzia eta Dave Braham musikariak musikatua. 1916an "Irish street Ballads" ("Irlandar Kale Abestiak") liburuxkan argitaratua izan zen.
Abestiaren gaia, Poitín irlandar pattarraren ezaugarri eta onurak dira (orain dela gutxi arte ezkutuan eta ilegalki destilatzen zen), hortik izenburuaren Ihintza hitzaren bigarren esanahia.
Abesti honen bertsio ezberdinak abeslari eta musikari ugarik burutu izan dituzte, horien artean ezagunenak: The Clancy Brothers, The Dubliners edota The Pogues.
Hitzak
Let grasses grow and waters flow
In a free and easy way
But give me enough of the rare old stuff
That's made near Galway Bay
Come gougers all from Donegal,
Sligo and Leitrim too
We'll give them the slip and we'll take a sip
Of the real old mountain dew.
There's a neat little still at the foot of the hill
Where the smoke curls up to the sky
By a whiff of the smell you can plainly tell
That there's poteen boys close by.
For it fills the air with a perfume rare
And betwixt both me and you
As home we roll, we can drink a bowl
Or a bucketful of mountain dew.
Now learned men as use the pen
Have writ' the praises high
Of the sweet poteen from Ireland green
That's made from wheat and rye
Away with your pills, it'll cure all ills
Be ye pagan, Christian, or Jew
So take off your coat and grease your throat
With a bucket of the mountain dew.
Kanpo estekak