School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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  1. Some play life's game for wealth and fame,
    Some struggle for existence O,
    And if you were down, and fortunes frown,
    There are few will lend assistance O,
    But, if success your efforts bless,
    Then all looks bright and sunny, O,
    The world will smile, upon you while,
    Its known you have the money, O.
    Chorus.
    High, ho, the Money, O,
    There's nothing like the money, O,
    With high and low, where e'er you go,
    'Tis all about the money, O.
    It changes hearts, it changes hands,
    It passes as a token, O,
    To gain the power that wealth commands,
    How many hearts are broken, O,
    'Tis striving here, and stirring there,
    Its struggles and its crosses, O,
    But when indeed, we do succeed,
    Our gains all turn to losses, O.
    (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