School: Bun an Fhionnghlaise (roll number 11454)
- Location:
- Bunnafinglas, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 13
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An Old Song
“There was a squire in Eddenburg town”
An Old Song
I
There was a squire in Eddenburg town
And a squire of high degree
He courted a country girl
And a comely girl was she
Where her father came to hear of it
An angry man was he
And he requested his daughter dear
To shun his company
II
There was a farmer in the East
He had one only son
He courted a country girl
Till he though he had her, one and all
He got consent from father and mother
From young and old likewise
But still she cried I am undone
As the tears rolled down her eyes
III
She wrote her true loves love letter
And cealed it with her hand
And told him she was going to get wed
Unto a farmers son
The very first line that he looked o'er
He smiled and this did say
I might deprive him off his bride
Upon his wedding day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggie Josephine Padden
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkeribly, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Gilboy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumscoba, Co. Mayo