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

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1. Old Song (continued)

   “On the edge of a bog, on a splendid estate”

   

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   The "dhrop" was the stuff for McCarthy.

   Chorus

   Ri fol the doll, oll the doll oll the doll ee 3 times
   Line 4. The dhrop was the stuff of McCarthy.

   A jar of poteen was laid on the shelf
   Along with the noggins and other ould delph
   And whenever he drank he drank to himself
   "Heres a health ot ould Paddy Mc Carthy"

   Chorus - 3 lines as before -
   Line 4. "Heres a health ot ould Paddy Mc Carthy"

   On a fine Summer's day it was always his plan
   To stretch himself outside the ditch like a man
   But the flies were the 'dickens,' they always began
   to bite the ould nose off McCarthy

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Gorman

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Hunt

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Jamestown, Co. Leitrim