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School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)

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Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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    III
    There is a cailin there you see
    And she is looking after me
    Faix her name is Kitty McNamara.
    With two eyes as black as sloes
    No matter where she goes
    She is always shouting out for Pat O Hara.
    IIII
    Shout my Irish Boys
    That "(is)" fond of fun and noise
    It's not from Dublin down to Connemara
    Or from Limerick to Kildare
    Not a man you can compare
    With the rattling roving tearing Pat O Hara
    V
    My heart is seldom sad,
    I like to see folks glad
    The girls' eyes they twinkle like a star
    I am always at my ease
    My friends I try to please
    I am the rattling tearing roving
    Pat O Hara.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire S. Ní Chatháin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Informant
    James Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crosswell, Co. Galway