School: Garrán, Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 11274)

Location:
Garranes South, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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  1. I'm a proud man to-night and me heart is that light
    That me feet quite refuse to keep step
    For I sing of the sound of the horse and the hound
    When the saddest owld stages must lep
    For I sing the west Carbery Pack
    All the hounds in the County they'll whack
    And the man must ride fast if he would not be last
    When he rides with the Carbery Pack
    Tis the first of November the opening day
    By the Skibbereen Clock they have met
    They'll find at Lissard so the knowing ones says
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Leahy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Jeremiah Leahy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    Garrane, Co. Cork