School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 113
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“The following was composed by Mr. Owens N.T. Dangan Kilmore 1890...”
(continued from previous page)XIV
She insisted that we'd store them
But to her I didn't agree
We scattered off in odd ones
And so many treated me.XV
With my "Leagueing" and my loafing
The value I forgot
And to tell exactly how I lost them
I cannot.XVI
In the morning I was sober
I was thinking of a plan
To keep Mama from knowing
I was such a stupid man.XVII
Little dreaming I had told her all the night before
When she found me cutting capers?
With the gennet at the door.XVIII
Mama she lost her temper
She gave me dog's abuse(continues on next page)