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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 97

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  1. A Ballad (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    Said Mary to Dan, it might do no harm,
    So she took a child in every arm.
    Chorus:-
    Run boys, run, run away,
    For your life's in danger this very day.
    3
    Old Mc Clure sat at his dinner,
    With a goose's heart and a gander's liver,
    With that the tide came up the floor,
    Oh! Faith, I'm done, said old Mc Clure,
    When George came in, his heart did jump,
    To see Mc Clure and Bell Mc Clunk,
    George ran up to give William a drag,
    "Oh! stop" said William, "For the water's in my bag"
    Chorus:-
    Run boys, run, run away,
    For your life's in danger this very day.
    4
    Indeed the row was not last on the page,
    We had Mary Ann Hegarty and Jamie Mc Tague,
    But we thought the was at an end,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal