School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Mór (B.) (roll number 16250)

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1. Ormond's Horse (continued)

   

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   It was of late that this old horse
   He happened for to stray ;
   And to the parish of Templetouhy
   He safely made his way.
   'Twas here he sported for a while ;
   On the roadside night and day ,
   Until a farmer called 'The Gander'
   Took him off to Boulearea.

   With 'the Gander' and 'Long Paddy'
   Sure this horse worked like a lad ,
   'Till the village chaps they found it out
   They all went nearly mad.
   They brought him back the poor old horse
   They stole him oats and hay,
   And they kept him for a gentry hunt
   That was on St. Patricks day.

   It been the seventeenth of March,
   The Spring was drawing nigh;
   Those Farmers were delighted
   And they clapped their hands with joy ,
   Saying now we have a noble friend
   Who will not us despise,
   He will save a pound per week for us
   And we wont want servant boys.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Martin Ryan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   49

   Address

   Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary