School: Tullycasson
- Location:
- Ardvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0965, Page 173
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- This song is about a man in Derrynananta, who had a very old horse called Billy, One night this horse died, and the neighbouring people made a song about the horse and the owner The owners name was Chau.
The song
One evening in December,
As I strode down the hill,
I heard Chau say to Billy,
It is time you would make your will. I hear you are a lunatic,
And of you I am afraid,
I will have you executed,
Before you eat another blade,
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Billy then made answer,
And in a mournful tone,
"You have me in my stockings",
Since you brought Lily home,
I worked for all the neighbours,
And hard shifts I did endure,
Since Lily came to Derrynananta,
My feeding it was poor.
3
They put me on a turfbank,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary M. Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullynacross, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Terry Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrynananta Lower, Co. Cavan
