School: Doire Ó gCuanaigh (roll number 8991)
- Location:
- Derrygoony, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: L. Mac Áinlighe
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 200](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0940%2FCBES_0940_200.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 200
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Doire Ó gCuanaigh
- XML Page 200
- XML “Song”
- XML “Song”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
Song (continued)
“i was young and scarcely twenty three”
(continued from previous page)I was taken along with the Condoctor and his bus.
I was taken along with a gret lot of fuss.
II
I was there once before and I am able to tell, that there is no decks in Dublin like Mountjoy hotel.
Dont roam the streets by night or day for if you do.
You then will become a lad like me,
They will serve you up for three long months in the Royalhotellare.Song
“I was taken along with”
I was just eighteen years of age my mothers white haired boy, she kept a little huskers shop, and her name it was Molloy.
I've thirteen children Pat says(continues on next page)