School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 025
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Local Songs (continued)
“My name is James Reagan, I am doing the best I can, I bought a noble engine, And it pleases every man.”
(continued from previous page)And Home by Curraghmore.2.
I went down to John Doran,
To thresh a stack of rye,
A bolt flew out of the engine,
And blinded Johnies eye.
The day I met with accident
The day I went to Pass
cursed, I sacked the man
from the town of Mullingar.3.
As I was going up Owen Keogans hill,
The steam was going down,
The Engine would not move,
But the wheels was going round,
Up came the Winter Miggin,
In a suit of grey,
He swore he'd drive the engine
Until the month of May.4.
So he drove it up and down,
Ballivor town.
Smoking a cigar,
And you would think her was the genius
from the town of Mullingar.