School: Muclach

Location:
An Muclach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 068

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    This is his last foul age of shame
    Such work becomes him well.
    For he guilt his name of eacaps fame
    To please his Jessabel
    To please his Jessabel my boys
    And prove his friend ship to
    He was not content to pay the
    Rent he would have Naboth's
    Vineyard too.
    Lady Bury lives abroad with a hearth
    So light and gay
    She's doing the grand on a ?
    Strand and we the piper's pay
    And we the pipers pay my boys
    That she may dance the reel
    How nice to be an absentee without
    A heart to feel
    Brown he lives in Brookfield
    He is an independant man
    When ever the dirty work is to do
    You'll find him in the van
    My boys strongly fortified
    He is very brave like every knave
    With a police by his side
    From Derry ancient walls he came
    A millitant true blue and faith
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. filíocht
        1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Boylan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
    Informant
    Joseph Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Uíbh Fhailí