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School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh

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Carraholly, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 403

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    a goat,
    May never straighten.
    Here's to the birds that fly alone,
    And never lost a feather,
    If cannot get the boy I love,
    I'll do without one for ever.
    Cuckoo Charlie the cows are in the barley,
    Who put them in,
    Little Jonnie Quinn,
    Who put them out,
    Little Johnie Trout,
    Who put them over,
    Little Johnie Clover,
    And who put them back,
    Little Johnie Crack.
    Jimmy Dilon had an ass,
    He sent him off to Clover,
    The ass died,
    And Jimmy cried,
    And all the sport was over.
    As I went up to the fair of Bothie,
    I saw twenty four petticoats hanging
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
      2. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairtín Ó Riagáin
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Prionsias Ní Mhórán
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Tomáis de Stonduin
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Tomáis Mac Giobúin
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Treasa Ingham
    Gender
    Female