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School: Beglieve

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Beglieve, Co. Cavan
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Brigid Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 043

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  1. Song - Jemmey of Grousehall

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    I am a roving hackler lad
    That loves the Shamrock shore.
    My name is Pat mc Donnell
    And my age is eighty four
    Been loved and well respected
    By the friends and neighbours all
    Around sweet Stradone I am well known
    aroi Around Laragh and Grousehall.
    When I was young I danced and sung
    And drank good liquor too.
    Eeach sheeving shop our soul did drop
    Of the realway mountain dew
    The poteen still on every hill
    The peelers had no call
    On Patrick's Day I love to stray,
    For pleasure round Grousehall
    I rambled round from town to town
    For hackling was my trade
    None can deny it's awful cry
    (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
    Laurence Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pottlebrack, Co. Cavan