School: Killummod
- Location:
- Killummod, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Bhioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 313
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Old Songs (continued)
“Long ago butter and milk were supposed to be stolen”
(continued from previous page)To the town of Elphin
There she built up a cot
Near the road side
And that very same night
She lay down and died
(IX)
"And now" says the hare
"Since my last race is run
My few things that are left
I'll divide just for fun".
My soul and two ears
I will give to Pat Brown
Because he is a sports man
Of fame and renown
My old skin for a cap
I'll give Major Roe
For he cried out to Drury
To let the hare go...
- The following song was composed over forty years ago about a race horse named Mary Anne, the property of a man named O'Beirne from Kilmore(continues on next page)