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School: Derreenargan

Location:
Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 240

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  1. Stirabout and Tay (continued)

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    you must put on more ''male'' The ''tay'' is light and active I'm no match atall for him Sure I thought I'd beat the devil and all. When I was boiling thin.
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    Up steps the ''champion'' The ''Yonke'' and the ''White Rock'' Each of them being hearty They soon gave them a shock. The ''Yonkee'', he being tipsy He challenged the black tay A when stirabout saw the danger
    The coward ran away
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    We'll take no blight in future Will neither doze nor rot But . we'll stand to the Irish farmer Till the feet falls out of the pot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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