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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 084

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  1. A Local Song

    “Good evening to you all my boys”

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    This song was composed by a man named John Cooke who lived in this town about seventy years ago.
    Good evening to you all my boys,
    I am glad to see you well,
    Kindly pay attention, of noble deed I tell,
    It is of the Arva leaguers who lately had some sport,
    They banded in a regiment defending Mulligan's fort.
    (2)
    There were Jennet, Jones, and Moody and Reilly from the bog,
    Mulligan, Sullivan, Patrick Hamill Calders and the dog,
    (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
    Collector
    Kitty Matthews
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr M. Dowling
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Baker
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan