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1. A Local Song - Horse Racing (continued)

   

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   to Willie Nay.
   The Fair-haired girl won twice before,
   On the Clontibret field,
   Rode well by Edward McGahey,
   He could handle whip and steed.
   Says McGahey to his bonny mare,
   This day we will beat them far.
   And we will take the prize,
   And honour to the land of sweet Glangar.
   Miss McCullagh won the second race,
   That handsome chesnet mare.
   her praises they were tested,
   On the Curragh of Kildare.
   They were well matched as they galloped round
   But the chesnet kept the lead.
   For she was well road by gallant Forde.
   Who never was afraid.
   Big O'Neill he is like a whale,
   He is the poet of the west,
   He can make a song on anyone
   But fills his big belly the best

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mickeal Forde

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   11

   Address

   Tattygare, Co. Monaghan