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School: Latnamard (roll number 16769)

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Latnamard, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mary Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 430

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    “Come all you jolly people and listen to my sing,”

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    Come all you jolly people and listen to my song,
    A line or two I will sing for you and I wont detain you long.
    I went into the market to a place they called you stand
    And for six long months I hired with Brady from Killan
    When I got home next morning they were glad to see me
    They fried me eggs and bacon and did shake hands with me
    Saying "you are welcome to us Jonny
    And you are with a decent man
    We have roads to make and drains to fill
    Lo and lime to scatter
    If you dont be a good servant and do the best you can
    I greatly fear you won't be here said Brady of Killan.
    It was then I heard sentence my sorrow I did sob,
    At five o'clock next morning I heard him shout "get up."
    (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
    Informant
    Mrs M. Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghaclay, Co. Monaghan