School: Kilfenora (C.) (roll number 2156)
- Location:
- Kilfenora, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mrs Conole
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A Song - I Wish I Were Single Again
“I married a wife o then o then ¶ I married a wife o then,”
I
I married a wife o then o then,
I married a wife o then,
I married a wife she was the plague of my life,
And I wish I were single againII
I wish I were single again again,
Again and again and again o again
For if I were single may money would jingle,
How I wish to be single again.III
My wife got the fever o then o then,
My wife got the fever o then,
My wife got the fever, I hope it won't leave her,
For I long to be single again.IV
My wife she did die o then o then,
My wife she did die o then,
My wife she did die not a tear did I cry,
For now I am single again.V
I went for the coffin oh then, o then,
I went for the coffin o then,
I went for the coffin and I did not stop but(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Mulqueeney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballybaun, Co. Clare