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   and hear my bellows blow,
   But when I hear her going strong,
   They'll run out on the road
   Saying, "Mick, run out and save your life,
   She's going to explode."

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   I started her the other day,
   I had her going well
   When in came old Greg Connors,
   Saying, "you little cod of hell.
   You're shaking all my houses,
   I'm afraid that they will fall."
   And when I chucked him to the road,
   For vengence he did call.

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   Mrs. Kelly next ran out,
   And swore she'd break my head.
   She had some hens a setting,
   And now all her birds were dead.
   And when her cow would give no milk,
   No matter how she'd try,
   She said 'twas my old engine,
   That drove the poor baste dry

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggie Mulligan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Corrán Íochtarach, Co. Loch Garman

   Informant

   Denis Doyle

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   36

   Address

   Cnoc Brandán Uachtarach, Co. Loch Garman