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1. Local Poets - Charles Moore O'Donoghue (continued)

   

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   IV
   O! Charley Moore O'Donoghue,
   I never thought that I
   Would find you without a home,
   Or place beneath the frosty sky.
   V
   I didn't think that years ago
   Beside your cheerful hearth
   That its owner would be forced to go
   An outcast on the earth.

   

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2. Local Poets - Jack Robinson

   

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   Jack Robinson is a well known poet. He is living still. he is about 85 years of age. He wrote all his poetry in English. He was a good scholar, he could both read and write. He got the gift of poetry from his ancestors. This is one of his songs.
   I
   There came three men from Mullingar,
   In Johnny Kellett's motor car,
   And pulled up at the Yankee bar.
   When they heard the price of stout,
   Their eye-balls turned inside out,
   And both walked out.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Charles Killett

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Virginia, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Paddy Mc Guiness

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Virginia, Co. Cavan