School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher

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Old Song

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 078

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Old Song

My name is John Maher.

My name is John Maher.
I am a man that loves pleasure.
It is two dozen years since I first saw the light.
I jumped over a table.
I jumped over a wall.
I roamed it far west to a place called Crossbarry and back to Ballyheade where I am very well known and likewise Ballymartle where and fame Ballygarry and back into Tracton where the Abbey lie low.

Collector
Jerry Murphy
Gender
male
Address
Arlinstown, Co. Cork
Language
English