School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 329
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A Song (continued)
“Hi there old friend of mine to where are you driving that innocent swine”
(continued from previous page)I heard this from
Thomas Berry
Clonshanny,
Clara, Co. Offaly
A Song
“Hi there old friend of mine to where are you driving that innocent swine”
"Hi there, Old friend of mine,
To where are you driving that innocent swine"
Her a rooting I have found
And I will arrive her to the pound.One day a Policeman named L. Dillon met a famer named Tom Hodgins with a pig and the following conversation took place."Hi there old friend of mine,
To where are you driving the innocent swine?""Her a rooting I have found,
And I wil drive her to the pound".
"Times are hard without a doubt
When a poor man can't let his pig run.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Minnock
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Bernard Minnock
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly