School: Muine Mór (roll number 13456)
- Location:
- Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 441
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A Song (continued)
“Come all ye brave Lassies and Ladies and Paddies and listen me boys to a verse of a song,”
(continued from previous page)For the feeds up his asses meal corn and hay,
Four bob that we'll give him sure that is nice money if the day is wet sure will give him full pay.
The president blarke got work with his pony if ye dont understand him james john is his name.
He cut off his moustache, for fear of consumption that the germs might semain in his beard that was gray.
For Paddy Rooney they call him the marrion he is a good judge of goats asses and mares. Three days we will give him if he does not take it let him process and follow for all his arrcars.
Heres to Hugh Kelly he's like bold Robert Emmet he came down one everning to look for a job.
Hugh thought is load a enough for thr cob.
The other two carmen are judge and McPartlin they tied up their asses to James John's cart.
They gave thanks to Mc Govern and also James Feeney to cut out John Rooney and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Partlin
- Gender
- Male