School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 491
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- (continued from previous page)It is played in a ring.
III Sally, Sally, water.
Sally, Sally, water sprinkle on the pan.
Rise up Sally and choose a good man,
Choose to the east, Choose to the west,
Choose to the very one you love best.
Where will you brew love, where will you bake,
Where will you leave wedding cake,
Where will you leave ge-go ring,
And who the one that you'll take in.
Now they're married I wish them joy,
First the girl and second the boy,
If this young man chance to die,
And leave his wife a widow,
We'll drink a bottle into them all,
We'll all clap hands together.
First the girl sits down in the middle, then all would join hands and start going round, the one in the middle until they come to, "And who is the one that youl take in", in the verse. They all stand up, but they keep their hands joined. The one in the middle get up, and takes in someone, and the two stands in the middle until the others finishes the verse(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tony Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dooyeaghny or Cloonloughan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs John Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dooyeaghny or Cloonloughan, Co. Mayo
