School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)
- Location:
- Carrigans, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 34
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The Song of the Christmas Mummers (continued)
“Room, Room my gallant boys give us room to rhyme”
(continued from previous page)my club
And in my hand a dreepin pan I think myself a jolly oul man
Last Christmas night I had a spit I burnt my thumb and a' feel it yet
Between my finger and my thumb There rise a blister as big as a plum
If you don't believe in what I say I'll enter in Jack Straw and hel'll clear the way
(Enter Jack Straw)Here comes I Jack Straw
He kissed the dil through(continues on next page)