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School: Manorvaughan (roll number 10507)

Location:
Rawros, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary E. Alcorn
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  1. An Old Song

    “Come lasses and lads, get leave of your dads,”

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    1) Come lasses and lads, get leave of your dads,
    And away to the may pole hie,
    For every girl has a sweet heart there,
    And a fiddlers standing by,
    For Willie shall dance with Jane,
    And John has got his Joan.
    To trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it,
    Trip it up and down.
    To trip it, trip it, trip it,
    Trip it up and down.
    2) Your'e out, says Dick, not I, says Nick,
    Twas the fiddler played it wrong,
    Tis true, says Hugh, and so says Sue,
    And so says every one,
    The fiddler then began, to play the tune again,
    And every girl did, trip it, trip it,
    Trip it to the men,
    And every girl did, trip it, trip it,
    Trip it, to the men.
    3) Then after an hour they went to a bower,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cyril Hall
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghalatty, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Violet Hall
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    26
    Address
    Aghalatty, Co. Donegal