School: Dunlavin (B.)

Location:
Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Gogáin
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  1. An Old Song

    Larry dear did you hear the news thats going around Bill Fisher has a bike for sale, no buyers can be found, and every time he sets it up he sells it for a crown

    The only local song I know was composed by Pat Maher. The words are as follows:-
    "Larry dear did you hear the news thats going round Bill Fisher has a bike for sale, no buyers can be found, and every time he sets it up he sells it for a crown, if Larry Ownes had on two brakes he would ride it through the town. Larry, my Irish Larry, My sweet old scorcher dear, I am fairly off trollie, my Irish Larry when theres a free wheel near. Summer time you know is bike time, to the falls we'll go and down the hill, Oh, stop him Bill, or else he'll kill, the two old goats,
    My Irish Larry Ownes.
    II
    Larry dear did you hear I furnished up a bike, Two tyreless wheels and handle-bars, it seems to run all right, and every time I gaze upon that little bike so new, It seems to whisper Larry dear that bike was made for you. Larry my Irish Larry, my sweet old scorcher dear, I am fairly off trollie, My Irish Larry, when there's a free wheel near, Summer time you know is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Deering
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr P. Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    100
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Wicklow