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School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)

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Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Annie Ryan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 099

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  1. A Song of the Hedge-Schools (continued)

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    (III)
    We chuckled and we laughed with glee,
    The Celt is going fast but times are changed and we have found him a place at last,
    We have bitten off a bite too much
    Our boys don't like the game,
    Pat can do the fighting and
    England get the fame.

    "Chorus"
    It's Paddy here and Paddy there and,
    Paddy form and dress,
    And its gallant English soldiers
    when the papers go to Press.

    (IV)
    We have closed the ocean now to Pat,
    he has only one place to go,
    Right across to Flanders to fight the German foe,
    We placed him in the forefront to draw the Turkish shells,
    We got rid of a lot of the Paddies at the Bloody Dardanelles.

    "Chorus"
    It's Paddy here and Paddy there and anything you please,
    And if Paddy is not a blinded fool
    I fancy Paddy sees.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Terry Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim