School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)
- Location:
- Kilnamona, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Síle Céitinn
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Amhrán - Tony Shannon's Ball (continued)
“Ye gallant lads and lasses ¶ As it is close on Patrick's day”
(continued from previous page)405
i cannot really tell
I'll praise that night with all my might
For I have got no other cause.
Tis a pity that our Irish boys are bound by British laws.
I have seen old Batty's circus
And the acting of blind Paul
But they could not hold a candle for Tony Shannon's ball.
Twenty after one oclock the barrel rolled in the door . I was followed by the yankee and a couple of dozen more
The slippy yankee set to work
and placed it on a stool
Judging by his movements
He would remind you of a fool
He called on William Slattery a pub man
down the way
he told him go and get the tap and bore it right away
Slattery, with a biter look, responded to the call
Saying I wish to God I never came to Tony Shannon's Ball
Teresa Naughton
Amhrán
“One night as the moon illuminated”
The trip over the mountain.
One night as the moon illuminated(continues on next page) - Collector
- May Hegarty
- Gender
- Female