School: Garrdha na Cailce (Garnakilla) (roll number 15418)
- Location:
- Garranakilka, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0543, Page 111
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- (continued from previous page)Twas a fair winters evening I chanced for to stray
To the town of Tipperary , I straight took my way,
To dig the potatoes and go by the day,
I lived with this Gallbally FarmerTwas well I remember twas Michaelmas night,
To a hearty good supper he did me invite,
A sup of sour milk that would fisick a snipe
Twould give you the woeful disorderTwas well I knew by what he had said ,
The covern he gave was very good,
The blankets were made since the time of the flood,
And the carpets and sheets in proportion.Tis at that old miser I looked with a frown,
Whilts he was preparing that happy shake down,
Woe that I ever saw Gallbally town,
Or the sky over Darby O Leary.Now to conclude and to finish my song,
That he and his offsprings may never live long.
You would think it was Pútó of some of his clan
That lately sprung over the nation
- Informant
- Brian Phelan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Dooree Commons, Co. Tipperary
