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1. Local Songs (continued)

   “Dennie Lyon's, he bawled and shouted”

   

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   And humble and plain is our store,
   You may always depend,
   You will meet with a friend,
   When you call to an Irishman's door."
   IV
   "Though our cabin is plain,
   What is in it is clean,
   Should you wish to remain for the night,
   And though we have but one hen on the roost,
   And one meal of potatoes in store,
   Draw near to the fire,
   They are at your desire,
   Since you called to an Irishman's door
   V
   For to morrow, those dear,
   Little children you see,
   My poor aged mother and me,
   Will be forced for to roam,
   Without cabin or home,
   And our shelter, the cold wintry sky

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Danagher

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynarooga Beg West, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Peter Fitzgearld

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Ballynarooga Beg West, Co. Limerick