School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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1. Liostaí Sceilge (continued)

   

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   He bears the wind and cold,
   His mother says to Jerry,
   "Why do you speak so strange,
   To marry Abbie Corcoran,
   As sure as I am here,
   You better set out for Dunloe Gap,
   Or else for Cumcaillighe,
   Before you get this farm,
   You must bring ₤60 to me".
   Old Corcoran has two daughters,
   And they'll never go ashore,
   There's one they call "the Blackbird",
   And another they call "the Thrush",
   The one they call "the Blackbird",
   She is scarcely three feet four,
   But the devil wouldn't stand her,
   If she was six inches more.

   Pat Lyons I fear another year,
   Is left to grind the bit,
   Since Ganndal's daughter from Clahan,
   Cures not for him a bit,
   He dresses in his toffee style,
   And makes a gallant show
   He is only a lady's gent, me boys,
   No matter where he go.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Áine Ní Chlubháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Farrantoreen, Co. Kerry