School: Cill Cúlach
- Location:
- Kilcooly, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Lochlainn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0274
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cill Cúlach
- XML Page 0274
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title)
“As I rode out from Woodford town...”
I
As I rode out from Woodford town,
And I making for Loughrea,
When I went in near Tenner's office, Learings loud I heard him say,
Here is one of the Woodford Tennant's and his rent he is going to pay."Chorus"
Hold the ground and stock the farm as your father did of yore,
Go in to Tenner, pay your rent at a fair reduction and nothing more.II
When I went in to Tenners office
I this to him did say,
I will pay my rent at a fair reduction.
As William O Brien is round Loughrea,
What care I for William O Brien or any other who e're he be.
Since my Body is well guarded from my head down to my knee."Chorus"
Hold the ground and stock the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lissaphuca, Co. Galway