School: Scoil an Chlochair, Cappamore
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Fionntán
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- (continued from previous page)There's none in front, they're all behind
The ganger surely should be fine
Or given free a corn
He'd be more careful with the road;
The ramblers would be found and stowed
Int the pot-holes where, I'm blowed
They'd never touch a corn'Twas then I thought of Rambling Thade
Who always called a spade a spade
How he had once a plaster made
From paraffin and soda
He mixed them both into a paste
Affixed a label "Do not taste-
Apply affected part with haste-
Leave well enough alone, ah!"I tried the plan at first for fun
Three days and nights I let it on
The Rambling Thady's trick had won
As sure as I was born
It pulled the corn out by the roots
Lock, stock and barrel, branches, shoots
At last, thank God, my nice new boots
Won't press upon my corn(continues on next page)