School: Rosenallis (roll number 5442)

Location:
Rosenallis, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs L. Dagg
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  1. Corbally wise and wiser grew
    I think we'll put this club to stew
    But it didn't stew nor boil
    So i think we'll do without the soil.
    There's one man yet we didn't touch
    And where to place him we're troubled much
    He always claims to be Fianna Fáil
    But in this club he tried to sail
    The water dried the club is sunk
    And willy retires into his bunk
    But in his bunk he means to stick
    For he says they're all a combined clique
    Old Fosyths land is all a strand
    To break it 'twould be fooling
    'Twould do no good but raise the tax
    Says Mr Dinny Dooling
    (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
    Michael Kane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corbally, Co. Laois