School: Clochar
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhimsithigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0939, Page 109
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A Song
“She's not my wife upon my life but she my rattling old grey mare.”
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- Sam Ross
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tonyglassan, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Ross
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonyglassan, Co. Monaghan
A Song
“Roll along gray honey roll along.”
Roll along gray poney roll along. When ya come unto Doohamlet hold your tongue. It was the day before the fair and Red Colman he was there sitting in his old arm chair. Roll along gray poney roll along. A Song
“One evening for to seek recreation I sat myself under a shade”
One evening for to seek recreation
I sat myself under a shade.
For to listen to a youth who was telling.
His love to a beautiful maid.
As he held her fair hand in emotion(continues on next page)