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1. The Dingle Puck Goat (continued)

   

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   my twenty two shillings,
   Advice I will give you before going away,
   This darling old fellow was reared on the mountains;
   In the year ’64 he learned some drill;
   And some of his comrades I’m told were transported,
   Since they were determined some blood for to spill,”

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   The owner (defas) departed and I was for starting,
   Though the news that he gave left me deep in despair;
   Then a tug at my arm – the battle had started,
   I jumped on his back and took hold of his hair,
   Says I “My old ranger, up here I am landed,

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Griobhtha

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Canearagh, Co. Kerry