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1. Local Songs - The Wedding of Sweet Baltray (continued)

   

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   And pace the road being full of glee
   This pleasant pastime for to see
   Without the least delay;
   So when we reached this wishful place
   When nuptial joys they filled each face
   We welcomed were with much mirth and feast
   That night in sweet Baltray
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   The groom was called old Slugging Jack
   He had a horrid humpy back
   His teeth were rotten blue and black
   His eyes were shining grey;
   And to crown the joke his nose was big
   Likewise he wore a frizzled-up wig
   He snored and grunted like a pig
   That night in sweet Baltray
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   The bride was aged just sixty three
   She had one leg off above the knee
   Without a guide she couldn't see
   To walk the kings highway;

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Sheridan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baltray, Co. Louth

   Informant

   Mr Peter Sheridan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baltray, Co. Louth