School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)

Location:
Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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  1. Many men, many minds, many birds of different kinds
    Many fish are in the sea and many more are gone away.
    Once I had an old saw and I bought a new saw,
    I put the handle of the old saw into the new saw,
    And above all the saws, you ever saw, You never saw, such a saw.
    That could saw like the old saw.
    Indian and oaten went fighting for flies, Indian gave oaten a pair of black eyes,
    Says Indian to Oaten will you fight anymore.
    Oh no says Oaten my eyes are too sore.
    Punch and Judy went for a race,
    Up the chimney was the chase,
    Punch fell down and broke his face, Ha! Ha! said Judy. I won the race
    Ink, ank, under the bank,
    Ink ank ant
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English