School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)
- Location:
- Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 240
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- John, John, your hens are gone,
Your cock won't crow anymore
You went to bed you sleepy head.
And forgot to close the door.As I was going to St. Ives
I chanced to meet with seven wives.
The seven wives had seven sacks,
The seven cats had seven kittens
Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?
One one person.If Ididdy, youdiddy, couldiddy, swimdiddy,
likediddy, mydiddy, sondiddy, Johndiddy,
Ididdy, wouldiddy, givediddy, youdiddy, adiddy, shillingdiddy
If you could swim like my son Jon I would give you a shilling.You and twenty tailors wen to kill a snail. The best man among them dare not touch her tail. She put out her horns Like a little Kerry cow. Run tailors tun, or she'll kill you now.
