School: Baile na Carraige, Cill Díoma (roll number 11295)
- Location:
- Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 244
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Local Songs (continued)
“Our home looks out”
(continued from previous page)This song was composed between the districts of Ballinacarriga and Pallaskenry about a cow by a man named Michael Herr.
Up in Pallaskenry a man sure he lived there.
He had a wicked cow which he took to many a fair.
She had so many (a) bad faults he couldnt her guarantee.
So he brought her home again and a sorry man was he.
She was neck bound, hock bound
With a board across her eyes.
She was head bound, leg bound, till she could hardly rise.