School: Gleannach (Glenough) (roll number 8224)
- Location:
- Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhreasail
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“One May morning when a certain farmer got up he saw a woman going through his yard, and she was pulling something after her.”
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“I dreamt I was dead and to Heaven did go.”
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I dreamt I was dead and to Heaven did go
Where did you come from they wanted to know
I am from Glenough, they all did stare
Then in said St. Peter you are the first from thereIf Tom Moore was a poet ever so sweet
Walking all day without boots on his feet
And sleeping every night without blanket or sheet
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“My name is Paddy Leary from a spot called sweet Tipperary.”
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My name is Paddy Leary
From a spot called Sweet Tipperary
Tis the heart of all the girls
Im a thorn in
But before the break of morn
Sure tis they'll be all forlorn
When I'll start for Philadelphia in the morn.