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School: Cill Moibhí (C)

Location:
Kilmovee, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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    The young May moon
    The pickets are fast retreating
    boys.
    The last tattoo is beating
    boys.
    So let every man finish
    his can
    And drink to our next
    merry metting boys
    2.
    The colonel so gaily prancin
    boys
    Has a wonderful trick of
    advancing boys
    When he sings out so
    large
    Fix bayonets and charge
    He sets all the Frenchmen
    adancing boys
    3.
    Let Mounser look ever so big
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Killaclare, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Griffin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Killaclare, Co. Mayo