School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 233
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- Two Israelite brothers in New York once had dwelt.
In all kinds of mechantize freely they dealt,
They were taught to be wealthy, but between me and you,
Each brother was really as rich as a Jew.
Ta-Ral-dí-Ral-al-dí-Ral-al-dí-Ral-a.
2.
No creditor e'er went away from their door,
Until death called on Moses to settle his score,
No mortal could ever evade such a call,
For Moses he sleeps in his last sleep of all.
(Chorus.) 3
Then Isaac his brother exclaimed "Lucky Elf."
All his cash and his goods they they belong to myself.
But stop, there's a will, let me thus(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Cronin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolagh More, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr William Roberts
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Coolagh More, Co. Cork
