School: Meall an tSrutháin (roll number 2117)

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1. The Jolly Topar (continued)

   

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   call to the baker and bring home a loaf.
   And all days and Sundays you'll have a full pot.
   10.
   On Monday morning your wife will embrace you
   And thus to her darling she surely will say
   "Johnny my dear as you stop drinking whiskey,
   I declare to my heart I will stop drinking tea."
   11.
   Its on this very week I will buy a new blanket
   A sheet and a pillow to lay down your head.
   In course of a month our room it will florish,
   We will cover with curtins a fine feathered bed."
   12.
   I have dressed up my life like a lady.
   My children have silks hanging down to the ground.
   And instead of a garret I've got a parlour.
   The like in this village is not to be found.
   13.
   I have bought a new pot a fender and bellows.
   A two-armed chair to sit at my ease.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Pádraig Ó h-Uallaig

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shreelane, Co. Cork