School: Aclint, Ardee (roll number 2138)
- Location:
- Aclint, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Neill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 275
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Local Songs (continued)
“You may travel that fine through fare ¶ From Reaghstown to Meath-hill”
(continued from previous page)And for those six good famous long imprisoned at the end
They have s.o.s.'d the board of works a rescue gang to send
And maybe in a year or two if only they keep still
They'll see again this beyond
A widened Colga lane Composed by James Callan Cardistown
Written by Annie Mohan on 16th Jan 1938
Aclint
Local Songs
“A word in time poor foolish Séan ¶ Perhaps would save your bacon”
Local songs No 2
I
A word in time poor foolish Séan
Perhaps would save your bacon
Pause and reflect a mic mo croise
Before this plunge you're taking
Heed not the prompting of false friend
Whose worse then knaves or misers
Although the Blakes are no great shakes
They're always good advisers
I greatly fear the weaker sex
will lay you into trouble
It rarely takes a year to burst
The matrimonial bubble
II
Ever since this world began
They are a source of all vexation(continues on next page) - Collector
- Annie Mohan
- Gender
- Female