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School: Corcaghan (roll number 16129)

Location:
Corcaghan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
F. Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 246

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    IV
    And on him you wont get your claw,
    Although he chased you with the law.
    And left you with a hungry craw,
    For six long months in Dublin.
    V
    Oh when I think upon you all,
    It's with the laughing I do fall
    And how you never struck a ball
    Since you went up to Dublin
    VI
    O Farrelly dear you're getting thin,
    When you rub your fingers on your chin
    You feel the gruel made you slim
    Since you went up to Dublin
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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