School: Cloonmorris (roll number 12496)
- Location:
- Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Michael J. Conboy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 106
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- Down by yon mountain one night of the band
A wedding took place as you may understand.
Between Murtagh O'Blaney a son of Seán Buidhe
And the bonnie brown lassie from Donaghadee.
Five hundred brave fellows that day marched along
Well armed with cudgels that were stout and strong
The best of shillelaghs my boys they did pick.
With thumping blackthorns that would wallop and Nick
Chorus:
Singing turintonu-ri-turintona and hi for the humours of "Éirinn go breagh".
(2)
When the sticks they were over they fell to the stones
They oiled others jackets and broke others bones.
They fought like the locusts on the Egyptian plains
Or like hundreds of devils broke loose from their chains.
Chorus: Singing turintonu-ri-turintona etc.
(3)
When the fighting was over they all did agree,
To go on a visit to old Gráinne Buidhe,
And eat a fine dinner that was piping hot.
They had lots of the mountain dew of the first shot
Some rode in turf keires some rode in side creels
Some rode in black suggans with kibes on their heels
And out in the front rode the Phelim Par
Upon his jack-ass with his twelve or nine jars.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Edercloon, Co. Longford
- Informant
- John Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Shopkeeper
- Address
- Knockadrinan, Co. Leitrim
