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1. The Cow that Ate the Piper (continued)

   

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   and at emptying of keys,
   he astonished as well as delighted.

   Verse III

   One evening in june,
   as Denny was going home,
   after the fair of Rathagan,
   And what should he see,
   from the branch of a tree,
   fr, but the corpse of a hessian
   there hanging,
   Says Denny these rogues
   the have boots I have brogues,
   on the heels he laid then such
   a gripper,
   they were so gallows tight,
   and he pulled with such night,
   That the feet and legs,
   came with the piper.

   Verse IV
   Denny tucked up the legs,
   and took to his pegs,
   to he came to dim Cavanaghs cabin
   says Tim from within I can't

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Scairbh na gCaorach, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Informant

   Kenneth P. Kennedy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Scairbh na gCaorach, Co. Mhuineacháin