School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (C.)

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   “Paddy dear you're welcome here from Cappamore so gay Yourself and Jim the stones to break in Blain so near Athea...”

   

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   Paddy dear you're welcome here from Cappamore so gay.
   Yourself and Jim the stones to break in Blain so near Athea.
   The carrageen which once had been a hill of old renown.
   And since you came her with delight
   Tis quickly tumbling down.

   The grant has come and gone and still it will not be forgotten
   And Pat and Jim will come again the stones to break and rattle
   At the call of the drum the men will come
   And there they'll take their stand
   In the Carrageen which once had been a hill so high and grand
   But now instead a water bed which never cease to flow
   When the work is out, the men will shout
   For the dole again we'll go

   The farmers too, they'd never do
   Till they got the job in Blain

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joan Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glashapullagh, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   John Histon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Tooraree Upper, Co. Limerick