School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Fearghail
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Local Songs
“I'll sing you a song of a big tom cat.”
Local Songs
I'll sing you a song
of a big tom cat,
Who carries his tail
behind him
While perched on the lap
of a maiden I love
Shure everynight I
find him.
My sweetheart's cabin
is thatched wiht straw
With roses clingin round
it
Whiel strolling along
through fields one day
down a winding lane
I found it.
told by Patrick Newman, Wood, Kildalkey.Local Songs
“But when I came to Kearneys I found a great surprise.”
My name is Larry Dunne,
A man of high renown
I have an old steam engine
And they call it Castletown
I threshed the country over,(continues on next page)- Informant
- Patrick Newman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath