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School: The Vale (An Gleann)

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Leiter, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Brolcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 356

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  1. Local Songs - Bailieborough Dance

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    (1)
    Ye boys and girls from Cavan town
    From Killinkere and Muff
    From sweet Cootehill to Kelly's Mill
    Knockbride and Ballyduff
    To meet your friends and relatives
    We'll give you all a chance
    You'll find them all together
    At the Bailieborough Dance
    (2)
    You'll have them there from Derry
    And from Donegal as well
    The Loughlans and the Kellys
    And the Doctor from Conmel.
    Both Eddie Cooke and Tom the Boot
    And likewise Mr. Vance
    You're sure to meet them all together
    At the Bailieborough Dance.
    (3)
    If you want to meet your Christian friends
    That come from the Stonewall
    Or see Benny Crossan with the medal
    He got for playing ball
    Or see the fiddler Carolan
    How gracefully he advanced
    To play some Irish music
    At the Bailieborough Dance.
    (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
    Punch Ward
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan