School: Muine Mór (roll number 13456)
- Location:
- Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Briain
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An Old Song
“Come all ye airy bachelors.”
An old song.
This song was composed by John Blarke Buchill aged about 50.
Aome all ye airy bachelors.
Where ever that ye be.
Dont fear but yell get a wife if your age was 93.
There was a wedding the other day as funny as ever seen.
The bride was scarcely twenty and the was sixty three.
Part Hamilton was the man's name a shopheeper be trade.
For this was six or seven times the match was broke and made.
Well the people of Killargue they could not believe it was true.
Till they saw him dressed upon his car like great P. A. Mc Hugh.
Well the poeple of Killargue done all that ever they could.
He was like a lord or a man of high well blood.
He had archer bands across the road the flag for unflod.
And from the hills of decency the horns(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen A. Mc Partlin
- Gender
- Female