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School: Cill na Naomh

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Kilnaneave, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Flannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0537, Page 150

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  1. Local Songs - The New Cottage

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    Farewell to scraws and scollops
    Farewell to sootdrop and rain
    Farewell to the smoke and the cobwebs
    That frequently pierced through my brain.
    II
    Those filty vile plagues are all over
    And forever again I disown
    I fancy myself now in clover.
    Since I got this new house of my own.
    III
    By plans schemes and specifications
    The labourer's act was composed
    To better our sad situation
    And pleasure and comfort disclosed.
    IV
    I wish the poor men of the nation
    From Cork to the County Tyrone
    Wee possessed of a cottage and acre
    They freely might call them their own.
    V
    The comfort obtained from these houses
    Not to talk of the acre at all
    Each heart would resound with carouses
    As they guard off each wintry squall.
    (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
    Máire Ní Sionnach