School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Farelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 184
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An Old Song
“Ye gay jolly sportsmen all with me combine Till I'll sing ye the praises of Jane Valentine”
Ye gay jolly sportsmen all with me combine
Till I'll sing ye the praises of Jane Valentine
That always proved loyal and ne'er was found slack
Till noble young Morgan gt on her back
The day of the wedding the groom he did say
Get ready my damsel you must run to-day
For to win the bottle as you did before
I ne'er will cart you or plough you no more
O Jane with great courage then held up her head
Saying I will win the bottle don't you be in dread
If I am properly mounted those words she did say
I will show the grey horse some bony Irish play
But when they came between those two bogs
Between those two horsemen you could make no odds
If you were on the mountains I would vow and declare
You would think of McDonnell and the mountain hair(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Meta Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Pat Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan