Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 3)

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1. Jackee the Lantern (continued)

   

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   after it all night. Instead of the cottage light 'twas Jackie the Lantern she was following. She was led astray. When day cleared in the morning she found herself at the other side of the mountain, miles away from her own house.

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2. Old Song

   

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   One day in the Autumn season
   It being in the year '54
   When Sayers approching most charming
   I took out my scythe to go mowing
   My handle being fair and in motion
   My Sand - board my hook and my stone
   And my scythe so well and completed
   As to me from the heavens was thrown

   I straight took my way to Tipperary
   Where the hay did spontaneously grow
   I stopped there at Meeting Lane Corner
   And put up my scythe for to show
   When a Widow convenient to Bansha
   Observing me standing alone
   She immediately made her appearance
   And said she had hay for to mow.

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