School: Drom Bhaoghalláin (roll number 7981)
- Location:
- Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Pagnam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0231, Page 224
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An Old Song
“In a shady nook one moonlight night”
An old songI
In a shady nook one moonlight night
A leprechaun I spied
With scarlet cap and coat of green
A cruisgin by his side.
And tick tack tick his hammer went
Upon a weeny shoe
And I laughed to think of a purse of gold
But the fairy was laughing too.II
Tip, twas step with beating heart
As softly I drew nigh
There was mischief in his merry face
And a twinkle in his eye.
He hammered and sang with a tiny voice
And drank the Mountain dew
And I laughed to think he was caught at last
But the fairy was laughing too.III
As quick as thought I seized the elf
Your fairy purse I cried
The purse He said is in her hand
That lady by your side
I turned to look the elf was gone
Then what was I to do
And I laughed to think of the fool I had been
But the fairy was laughing too.Writer John Eibhlin
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- John Eibhlin
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