School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 103
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I'm a thumping fine widow I live in a spot,
In Dublin they call it the Coombe.
My shop and my stall are back out in the street,
And my palace consists of one room,
St. Patrick's Street corner, for forty six years,
I've stood there I'm telling no lie.
And while I stood there nobody would dare,
To say black was the white of my eye.
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Chorus
You may travel from Clare to the County Kildare,
From Drogheda right up to Macroom,
And where would you see a fine widow like me,
Mrs. Mulligan the pride of the Coombe.
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I sell apples and oranges, nuts and split peas,
Bananas and sugar stick sweet,
I sell second hand clothes on a Saturday night,
And my stalls on the floor of the street.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Tom Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
