School: Cill Laichtín, An Caisleán Nua
- Location:
- Killaghteen, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Nioclás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0489, Page 041
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- (continued from previous page)He dances doubles and hornpipes beats down both jigs and reels and whene'er I be surrounded by aggressors upon my song
He'll grasp them by the breeches and they won't stay long.
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I go to every funeral a keener just to hear
and when I get a drop or two
I'll get upon the beer
and when I'll get my florin
there I dance the soldiers joy and ask the corpse to stay until
the clouds roll by
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I'm the pride of every wedding I'm the life of every wake
I take a drop of spirits for the honest corpse's sake
and any row that will begin I'll mingle in the fray
and handle my sitéala in my own sweet way
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