Imleabhar: CBÉ 0220 (Cuid 1)
- Dáta
- 1936
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomh
Tagairt chartlainne
An Príomhbhailiúchán Lámhscríbhinní, Imleabhar 0220, Leathanach 0022
Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD.
Féach sonraí cóipchirt.
ÍoslódáilAr an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)Ri de dee dou diddil idle loodle lou, etc.X
Now those ould couple are dead and gone
And their bodies lie in the Shroben
But the divil a prayer was never said
For Poll and nancy Hogan.Chorus
Ri de dee dou diddil idle loodle lou, etc. The above song sung still at the Mummers' Dances. One man or two will sing and jig at the end of every verse. Three or four others will get out on the floor and dance to the jig.
It is sung to the air of "The girl I left behind me."
(gan teideal)
“An Englishman travelling in Ireland fell into conversation with a native....”
An Englishman travelling in Ireland fell into conversation with a native and started to complain of the state of the roads in that locality, and of the roads in Ireland generally
"Well" said Paddy "We know that they are not the best in the world so to make up for their condition we give good measure anyhow. Elevn of our miles are as good as fourteen of yours."
