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

Location:
Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 524

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  1. Old Song (continued)

    On the edge of a bog, on a splendid estate

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    Chorus
    3 lines as before.
    Line 4. To bit the ould nose off McCarthy.
    An' when he'd go out, to a market or fair
    His big brawny chest was exposed to the air.
    Sorra cravat he ever could wear.
    'Twould smother ould Paddy McCarthy.
    chorus 3 lines as before
    Line 4. Twould smother ould Paddy McCarthy.
    One night at a wake he got drunk as a beast
    And who should he meet but his own Parish Priest
    "Well Paddy,"says he "youll be damned now at least"
    "Ill be damned, if I will, says Mc Carthy.
    (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
    Collector
    Mary Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim