School: Virginia (C )
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- Teacher: Mrs Farelly
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An Old Song
“I went last Friday to draw me ould pay”
I went last Friday to draw me ould pay
I struck a man with a brick in the middle of the day
There is going to be a summons
There is going to be a row
There are more than forty policemen and they are looking for me now
There is one at Fisher's corner with numbers on his coat
If he gets a hold of me
He will hang me by the throat
They brought me up the barrack street
And said that I was drunk
They fined me forty shillings
And I will have to pay them up
If I had a penny
I'd buy a penny gun
I'd fill it up with gun powder and make the police run.- Collector
- Miriam Arnold
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Kevin Arnold
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan