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School: Rathwire (C.) (roll number 8416)

Location:
Rathwire, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs. Caffrey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 498

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    I am the receiver
    Said Dominic Boyle
    111
    He went to the barber
    To get himself shaved
    They shaved off his whiskers
    And gapped all his hair
    He went to the terminus
    Ever so far
    He raised up his stick
    In sweet Mullingar
    Going on in the carriage
    He kept them amused
    With the verse of a song
    And the squeal of a flute
    He stood up in the carriage
    Saying I have the money
    To h--- with the "coult"
    1V
    When he landed in Dublin
    He bethought of the fair
    He went down to Church Street
    And pawned the cavison there
    Going down the street
    With his coat in his hand
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Thomastown, Co. Westmeath