School: Cavan (1)
- Location:
- Cavan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ní Chiaráin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 146
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- (continued from previous page)We chased her from bush, from tree to tree,
In Donnelly's Hollow she broke her knee.
So up with the kettle and down with the pan -
Or give us our answer and let us be gone. Our box it would speak if it had but a tongue,
And two or three shillings would do it no wrong,
Sing holly, sing ivy, sing ivy,, sing holly
A drop just to drink it would drown melancholy.And if you go draw it, let it be of the best,
The grant in high heaven your soul may find rest;
But if you should take it out of the small,
Then it will not agree with the wren-boys at all.
- Collector
- George Simpson
- Gender
- Male
