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School: Tunnyfoyle

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Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 217

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  1. When Dancing - (continued)

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    Bobby Nickson
    Lame Leg-Twice.
    Bobby Nickson
    Lame leg 4 Times.
    Pop goes the Weasel
    A halfpenny for a cotton ball,
    A penny for a needle,
    There's the way the money goes
    And pop goes the weasel.
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  2. Rhymes

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    1 A halfpenny for a cotton ball,
    A penny for a needle,
    That they way the money goes,
    Pop goes the weasel.
    2 ABC catch the cat by the knee,
    LMNO let the poor thing go.

    3 Baby baby bunty, dady's gone a 'hunti'
    Gone to buy a rabbit skin to roll the baby bunty in.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Clarke
    Gender
    Female