School: Liatra (roll number 13341)

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1. Local Song (continued)

   “i am poor Thomas Duff now”

   

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   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"

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Delia Moylan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Meelickroe, Co. Roscommon