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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 423

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  1. Another Song (continued)

    “As Paddy McGabe was dyong one day”

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    So Ill say, in a word "Im no very good boy"
    And now for your blessin sweet Father Molloy.
    "Well" says Father Molloy "if your sins I forgive
    You must forgive your enemies truly
    And promise me also, that if you should should love
    Youll leave off your old tricks
    And begin to live newly
    "I forgive everybody," says Paddy with a groan
    |"Except that great blackguard, Micky Malone
    And him, I will murther, if ever I can"
    "Tut-tut" says the priest "you're a very bad man
    And without your Confession and likewise repentance
    You won't go to Heaven, and that is my sentence"
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim