School: Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (roll number 1620)

Location:
Cooladawson, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig Mag Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1100, Page 19

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1100, Page 19

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    At night these came, a fearful flood,
    Three days the skies had poured.
    The top wi' foam and the bottom wi' mud
    The burn in fury roared.
    She says Guid man Ye need us' turn
    Sae pale in the dim firelight,
    Stumpy canna' cross the burn
    We'll na' be here the night
    For it's owe the bank and its owe the binn,
    It's owe the meadows rig.
    "Aye" says the Ghist couin' [?] clatterin' in,
    An' he gi'ed the auld wife a slap on the chin
    "But I came round by the brig"
    They sold their gear, and owe the sea
    To a foreign land they went -
    To a foreign land, but who can flee
    From appointed punishment
    The ship swam o'er the water clear
    Wi' the help of the western breeze
    But the very first sound in guilty fear[?]
    Was the tapping o' those two knees
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English