School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)

Location:
Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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  1. When I went to the priest to get married
    He considered that I was too old
    I told him I wanted a wife
    To keep me at night from the cold
    Then he consented and asked me
    What was my name
    I told him it was Roger McLoughlin
    That lived near the Post Office lane.
    Chorus:-
    So let ye all sit down and be merry
    'Tis but a night in yeer life
    And a man should be proud and feel happy
    When he knows he's got a good wife.
    Secondly he asked the young woman,
    Was she willing to be my wife
    She told him it was her intention
    To stick to me during her life
    Now for the time that I'm married
    I see I was not going astray
    She wont let me get up any morning
    Until ten oclock in the day
    My breakfast then she'll have ready
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    91
    Address
    Knockmascahill, Co. Galway