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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 16821)

Location:
Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Beirín Ní Bhaoighill
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  1. A Song Composed about the Alcohol Factory

    “Ye farmers all both great and small pray listen to my rhyme”

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    Ye Farmers all both great and small pray listen to my rhyme
    A monster from the jumble has got to Carn town
    An elephant of strangers form, a picture for the screen,
    A freak, a curiosity, a mamel painted green
    Though hungry and hard to feed, he's not choosing with his grub
    For what he wants at every meal is just the humble spud
    You need not bring the choicest one, the champion or the queen
    He'll eat the brock and scaby one, a score whole tons his daily feed
    O! what a devouring beast, with loads of maulted barley and quite a lot of yeast
    The kindly farmers of the North wont let the monster starf,
    They'll bring the spuds in lorry loads
    (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
    Informant
    George Mc Candles
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Gleneely, Co. Donegal