School: An t-Éadan Mór

Location:
Edenmore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Philib
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    VIII
    His wife she scolded and got in a passion.
    The tinkers they laughed
    As they hammered away
    For they knew very well
    He could not dispossess them
    As long as their bill
    They would continue to pay
    It was for four days
    They kept up constant hammering
    The landlord he charged them
    Upon the first day
    Ten pounds but was glad
    To bestow them one hundred
    Before he could get the bold tinkers away.
    Now since Daniel he first was elected.
    The rights of old Ireland
    He always maintained
    Lt them never think to play tricks on
    O'Connell,
    For they'll never play one
    On O'Connell again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.