School: Liatra (roll number 13341)
- Location:
- Lettera, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Mac Sheoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 088
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Local Song (continued)
“i am poor Thomas Duff now”
(continued from previous page)He was in an awful rage
He was just like a cross monkey
Tied up all in a cage
VI
When the Jobber found the straw was gone
To the barrack he did go
He gave the names of all the boys
That calls to Meelickroe.
VII
The Jobber to the barrack
The guards came by surprise
They thought they'd met the straw boys and trouble would arise
VIII
It was early next morning
When Jobber did arise
And to the little stack
He did go.
He pulled on sheaf out of it
And hit it against the wall
And from one single sheaf
A shower of oats did fall.
IX
The stack it said "Im lonesome"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Delia Moylan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meelickroe, Co. Roscommon