School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)
- Location:
- Monknewtown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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An Old Song
“So fill your glasses to the brim, and let the toast go merry around”
So fill your glasses to the brim,
And let the toast go merry around,
And here is a health to every labouring boy,
That ploughs and sows the ground.When his days' work is over
It is home he will cheer with joy
And happy is the girl
That get a bony (that get a bonny) labouring boy.
That ploughs and sows the ground,
His face is like the roses red
His eyes as black as sloes.
He is meek in his behavour,
No matter where he goes.- Collector
- Mary Alice Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dowth, Co. Meath