School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)

Location:
Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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  1. A Song

    I met an old man the other day he was feeble old and wake.

    Martin Murray
    Rathpeak
    Oldtown P. O.
    Ballinasloe
    County Galway.
    I met an old man the other day he was feeble old and wake.
    And he said he tried to clerk a late to spend five bob a week
    One aminpence? for my lodgings for to leave my poor head down.
    And ninepence for tobacco that is the first half-crown.
    So when we get the pension tis happy we will be.
    The old women and men the can walk in and have a jolly spree.
    There is seven pence for sugar and seven pence for tea.
    Ten pence halfpenny worth of bread.
    Three half pence every day.
    There will three pence for new milk
    Our feedings wont be great
    We will have two-pence every Sunday for to buy a bit of meat.
    So it is when we get the pension
    It is happy we will be.
    The old women and men
    The can walk in and have a jolly spree.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Martin Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon