School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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  1. Now my boys fall into line
    As quickly as you may
    Let the audience see you dance
    Play up "St Patrick's Day".
    (Long ago on the outside of a "pub." around here some Local composed and wrote the following -
    "If you're passing by
    Come in an try _____
    Good Whiskey makes you merry
    If you're passing by
    Come in and try the flavours of our Sherry
    (A poor scholar who was passing by took out his pencil and wrote .
    "I'm passing by
    and I cant try the flavour of your Sherry
    For if I'd step in
    The bees would sting
    Because I've got no money"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English