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School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

Location:
Carrigans, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 13

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    27.
    And Stump stump stump to his plays again
    And o'er the stool and chairs
    You surely would think that ten women and men
    Were dancing there in pairs.
    28.
    They sold the gear and o'er the sea
    To a foreign land they went.
    Over the sea but who can flee.
    His appointed punishment
    29.
    The ship swam over the western seas
    With the help of an eastern breeze.
    But the very first sound in quilty fear.
    Was the tapping o them twa knees
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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