School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 112
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“The following was composed by Mr. Owens N.T. Dangan Kilmore 1890...”
(continued from previous page)as few shillings for a cwt
And with that he smacked his thumb.X
The evening it was chilly
I was sitting on the sacks
When a couple of "Swells"
Invited me across to Mrs. Macks.XI
The drink went pretty freely
But for none I asked to pay
I said a friend was waiting
And I coolly slipped away.XII
I always thought a woman twice?
Was better than a man
I left the sacks with Beny's wife
While I was in Mc Canns.XIII
The good advice she gave me
While across the sacks she leaned
If I heeded what she told me
I wouldn't lose my little means.(continues on next page)