School: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Mac a' Bhuidhe Úna Ní Laighidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0093
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- 1. The Milking of the Cow.As I roved out one evening
It being in the month of May
A mother and her daughter
I spied along my way.
As she sat down quite calmly
To the milking of her cow
Saying "I will and I must get married
For the humour is on me now".Shut up you silly young girl
And hold your sinful tongue
You have time enough to get married
Sure, there's ten long years to come
The daughter shook her shoulders
And she milked away her cow
Saying "I will and I must get married
For the humour is on me now".And then if you'll get married
Will you tell me who's the man
But quickly then she answered
"It is William, James and John
A Carpenter, a tailor and
a man to follow the plough.(continues on next page)
