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School: Kilfenora (C.) (roll number 2156)

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Kilfenora, Co. Clare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0620, Page 221

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  1. A Song - I Wish I Were Single Again

    “I married a wife o then o then ¶ I married a wife o then,”

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    I
    I married a wife o then o then,
    I married a wife o then,
    I married a wife she was the plague of my life,
    And I wish I were single again
    II
    I wish I were single again again,
    Again and again and again o again
    For if I were single may money would jingle,
    How I wish to be single again.
    III
    My wife got the fever o then o then,
    My wife got the fever o then,
    My wife got the fever, I hope it won't leave her,
    For I long to be single again.
    IV
    My wife she did die o then o then,
    My wife she did die o then,
    My wife she did die not a tear did I cry,
    For now I am single again.
    V
    I went for the coffin oh then, o then,
    I went for the coffin o then,
    I went for the coffin and I did not stop but
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mulqueeney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Ballybaun, Co. Clare