School: Doire Ó gCuanaigh (roll number 8991)
- Location:
- Derrygoony, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: L. Mac Áinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 200
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Song (continued)
“i was young and scarcely twenty three”
(continued from previous page)I was taken along with the Condoctor and his bus.
I was taken along with a gret lot of fuss.
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I was there once before and I am able to tell, that there is no decks in Dublin like Mountjoy hotel.
Dont roam the streets by night or day for if you do.
You then will become a lad like me,
They will serve you up for three long months in the Royalhotellare.
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“I was taken along with”
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