Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)

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1. Cooney the Tinker

   

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   Cooney the Tinker

   I
   Of all the linnen ye see pass from Eanisconthy Bridge is Ross
   There is ne'er a man can drive an ass or work a bit of sawder
   Or hammer tight a bottom down like Cooney
   once of Wexford town
   The boy that often earned a crown that didn't people moyden

   II
   Oh t'would do you good to spy him if a grah
   you could get nigh him.
   With the ditch for shelter by him while he
   snakes a measure
   First the sides are swiftly shaping soon the bottom deftly lapping
   Till the handle revets tapping he stretches at his leisure

   III
   Jerry's lad isn't bad when does begin
   Doran's jack isn't slack at the gallant
   gallon bin
   All the rest at their best couldn't hold a jig.

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Date

   28 June 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Máire Áine de Buitléir