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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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  1. A Ballad (continued)

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    For he nursed a pig on every knee,
    And Pat Mc Hugh was very smart,
    He ran away with Mary Harte.
    Chorus:-
    Run, boys, run, run away,
    For your life's in danger this very day.
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    Willie Morrow came into the town,
    But he had no way to get around,
    When he reached the bridge the Sergeant held him,
    Stop! my man for the tide is swelling,
    He returned to his home, when the wind did stop,
    To find his turf all over the shop,
    Said his wife to Willie, it would be fine,
    An account of that flooding to put in rhyme.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal