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School: Ballyrahan, Tinahely

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Ballyraheen, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 197

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    “The sporting Ould Grey Mare come all ye horsedealers and now pay attention.”

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    The Sporting Old Grey Mare
    Come all ye horse-dealers and now pay attention
    To a comical ditty I am now going to tell
    Concerning the cheapness of horses in Dublin
    The good ones you buy and how cheap they do sell
    I'm convinced by John Byrne who lived in Corra-aunish[?]
    Who went down to Dublin to purchase a mare
    She was white as the snow and as poor as a crow
    She was twenty hands high, Oh! the truth I declare
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cross, Co. Wicklow