School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)

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   “Twas a feeble old man and he stood on the deck His arms around a young mariner's neck...”

   

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   land.
   God be with you old Erin he gasped with a sigh
   I have lived to behold you and I am ready to die.

   

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   “Delaney from the market bought a fowl a month ago If he meets the man that sold it, he will kill him with a blow...”

   

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   Delaney from the market bought a fowl a month ago If he meets the man that sold it, he will kill him with a blow He said it was a chiken of a plump and tender breed But of all the most deceitful breeds you have never heard or seen When they settled down to pluck it, all their efforts were in vain Their hands were torn and blistered, their muscles had a strain So dressed in all its feathers they set it down to stew, If you want to mae Delany wild; shout cock-a-doodle-do. That bird must have crowed whey built

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mollie Doherty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballyglass, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Annie E. Tully

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Raherolus, Co. Mayo