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School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

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Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
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Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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    “A soldier and a sailor went a walking one day ¶ Said the soldier to the sailor I have a great mind to pray.”

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    Poem.
    A soldier and a sailor
    went a walking one day
    Said the soldier to the sailor
    I have a great mind to pray
    I have a great mind to
    for the sins of old men
    And whatever I pray for you
    must say. Amen
    2
    The first thing I pray will
    be for a good wife
    That I may live happy
    all the days of my life
    And where I have one wife
    That we may have ten
    May we never want a
    good wife said the soldier. Amen
    3
    The next thing we'll pray
    for will be for the Queen
    That she may live happy
    (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
    Annie Devlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Porter
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal