School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)

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1. A Local Song - McNally's Tea

   

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   Come to McNallys for your tea,
   The cheapest house around,
   I'm only charging for the best,
   The small price of half-a-crown.

   Now don't forget to come along,
   It's there you'll get the best,
   Try it once and you will see
   It's fit to stand the test.

   For once its bought, its bought again,
   What surer sign can be
   Than those who buy are satisfied,
   With the quality of the tea.

   So now you know the place to call,
   To one, where its cheap and pure,
   I've made it my business above all,

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Connolly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Tattygare, Co. Monaghan