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School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)

Location:
Mountrath, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 319

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  1. Caoch the Piper by John Keegan

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    One Winter's day, long long ago,
    When I was a little fellow,
    A piper wandered to our door,
    Grey headed, blind, and yellow,
    And oh! how glad was my young heart,
    Though earth and sky look'd dreary
    To see the stranger and his dog
    Poor "Pinch" and Coach O'Leary

    (II)
    And when he stowed away his "bag",
    Cross-barr'd with green and yellow,
    I thought and said, "In Ireland's ground
    There is not so fine a fellow,"
    And Fineen Burke and Shane Magee,
    And Eily, Kate and Mary,
    Rushed in with panting haste to "see",
    And "welcome" Coach O'Leary".

    (III)
    Oh! God be with those happy times,
    Oh! God be with my childhood,
    When I bare-footed roamed all day,
    Bird-nesting in the wild wood,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    William Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountrath, Co. Laois