School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)
- Location:
- Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 242
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- When I was young I had no sense
I bought a fiddle for eighteenpence
And all the chords that I should play
Was cut the cake and eat away.Riddle me Riddle me Antio [?]
My father gave me seed to sow
When the seed began to grow
Like a garden full of snow.
When the snow began to melt,
Like a ship without a belt,
When the ship began to sail,
Like a bird without a tail,
When the bird began to fly,
Like an eagle in the sky,
When the sky began to fall
The Lord have mercy on us all.Larabug, Larabug, Gawneen Guide
Bwee O'Neil Naileen Pleibeen
Bleiben sool.
Sool a signa (sig-na) Sool cos. [?]Cuckoo Charlie the sow is in the barley,
Who put her in? Little Johnny King,
Who put her out? Little Johnny Trout.
