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1. A Local Song - The Bear of Clashduff (continued)

   

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   The curses of him sure I'll never forget,
   The "Peelers" got vexed and on him raised a row
   Sure the mighty big black bear turned out to be a sow

   I was not able to find out who composed this song, but my brother Maurice taught me the words of it

   

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2. A Local Song

   “My name it is simple Tom Doolen, I live in a place they call Loon.”

   

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   My name it is simple Tom Doolen', I live in a place they call Loon. I own half the fields of Gazebo, and a big slice of mountain in Coon. I have six cows and calves in Mayhora, and my haggard well stocked with new hay. And I dont feel the world one bit lonesome, With my "whack fol the diddleo dhay." In Seach of a wife I went travelling, my self and my friend Jimmy Breen. We searched every house in the Country, from Clashduff around to Gurteen. I entered a house of a farmer, whose daugher was very well known, For making good butter and wholesomes and she holds a fair purse of her own.

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      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Willie Moran

   Gender

   Male