School: Monreagh (roll number 7143)
- Location:
- Monreagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: R. J. James
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- XML “The Fox and the Hen”
- XML “Nuts in May”
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- We all form two long lines and clasp hands Then one side stands back and the other side skips across till they meet and then they skip back again All the time they are singing Then the second row skips up to them till they meet and then they skip back again till all the verses are sung This is what they sing 1st row "Here we come gathering nuts-in May nuts-in May on a cold and frosty morning
2nd row "Who will we have for nuts-in May nuts-in-May who will we have for nuts-in-May on a cold and frosty morning" 1st "We will have (Anyone in the other row) for nuts-in-May nuts-in May nuts-in-May nuts-in-May who will we have for nuts-in-May on a cold and frosty morning" 2nd row "Who will we have to take her away take her way(continues on next page)