School: Cill Chartha
- Location:
- Cill Charthaigh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eighneachan Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1042, Page 342
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- (continued from previous page)Christmas time and the mummer’s book.
Very pleasant we shall look
Rhyme, rhyme
And give us room to rhyme in the Christmas time.
Enter in Jack Straw.
Thigeadh Jack asteach annsin
Here comes I Jack Straw
Such a man you never saw
Through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel.
Through a bag of pepper, through a sheet of paper
Through a sheep’s shank bone
If you don’t take that leave it alone.
Thigeadh Beelzebub annsin.
Here comes I Beelzebub
Oe’r my shoulder I carry my club
In my hand a dripping pan
And I think myself a jolly young man
If you don’t believe what I say
Here comes wee Divil Doubt and he’ll soon clear the way.
Divil Doubt.
Here comes I wee Divil Doubt
With my wrong side turned out
Money I want, money I crave
If you don’t give me money(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eighneachan Ua Muireadhaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
