School: Lackamore, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 2428)

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1. The Road Between Newport and Rear (continued)

   

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   'Tis kept by a man called Mick Murphy,
   On the road between Newport and Rear.
   4th. Verse.
   Miss Annie will bring down her fiddle,
   And play a nice lively air,
   Nora will wait on the travellers,
   She's a lassie with brown curly hair.
   Old Michael himself he is civil,
   And the law he will strictly obey,
   Yet he will sell you four pints every Sunday,
   On the road between Newport and Rear.
   5th. Verse.
   The boys have their new boots all torn.
   They are out every night at a dance.
   The girls are so fascinating,
   You won't find their equals in France.
   But they get the Niagara meagrams,
   At the time of the drawing of the hay,
   From the dancing and swinging till morning,
   On the road between Newport and Rear.
   6th. Verse.
   You may travel from Queenstown to Derry,
   From Dublin along to Mayo,
   You may visit Killarney in Kerry,
   Or the homestead of old Brian boru,
   But you'll not find a place so enchanting,
   Or people so jolly and gay

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Miss May Murphy

   Gender

   Female