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1. Billy the Horse

   

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   This song is about a man in Derrynananta, who had a very old horse called Billy, One night this horse died, and the neighbouring people made a song about the horse and the owner The owners name was Chau.
   The song
   One evening in December,
   As I strode down the hill,
   I heard Chau say to Billy,
   It is time you would make your will.

   I hear you are a lunatic,
   And of you I am afraid,
   I will have you executed,
   Before you eat another blade,
   2
   Billy then made answer,
   And in a mournful tone,
   "You have me in my stockings",
   Since you brought Lily home,
   I worked for all the neighbours,
   And hard shifts I did endure,
   Since Lily came to Derrynananta,
   My feeding it was poor.
   3
   They put me on a turfbank,

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