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School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)

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Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Héilighe
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  1. A Local Song (continued)

    “You men of Castledermot now listen”

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    And if I only liked to tell you boys
    I could give him a queer sit down
    He drew his flour from Hannons
    And got it all on tick
    And no mistake his Granny
    She could bake it like a brick
    Then there is Samuel Cope
    A trader too you know
    He made his fortune with an old brown ass
    About fifty years ago.
    Then there is William Giltrap,
    How he got rich it makes me sick,
    With his sods of turf and herrings,
    And his monkey up a stick.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigeen North, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mrs Foley
    Gender
    Female