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School: Gusserane

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Gusserane, Co. Wexford
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Peadar Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0871, Page 216

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    (continued from previous page)
    When breakfast was done
    Tim sent out his son
    To make Denny look like a lamp lighter
    The two legs he saw there and he roared like a bear
    Saying Daddy the cow ate the piper
    iv
    Oh bad luck to that beast had't she a musical taste
    To eat such a musical chanter
    O Avon a mic get a lump of a stick
    And drive her off to the fair of Gansailing
    And there she was sold for five guineas in gold
    To the clerk of the town called Phil Daly
    They went into a tent the luck money to spend
    Because Tim was a bloody old viper
    Who the devil was there.
    Playing the Reeks of Kildare
    Only poor Denny Byrne the piper
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Curtis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathnageeragh, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Curtis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathnageeragh, Co. Wexford