School: Askamore (roll number 15675)
- Location:
- Askamore, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Margaret McGrath
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- A local Song - The Farmer's boy.The following song was composed by Mr. John Murphy, Carrigbeg, Craanford, Co. Wexford, about a poor widow's son who set out from home to seek employment..1.
The sun has set behind the hill,
Across the dreary moor,
When weary and lame a boy that came,
Up to a farmer's door,
Can you tell me, wherever there'd be,
One that would get employed,
To plough and sow, to reap and mow,
And be a farmer's boy.2.
My father's dead, my mother's left,
With children five so small,
That's the worst for my mother still,
I'm the biggest of them all,
Little I would labour hard,
If I could get employed,
To plough and sow, to reap and mow
And be a farmer's boy..3.
If no work yea do want,
One favour I do ask,
Shelter me till the break of day,
From this cold and Wintry blast(continues on next page)- Collector
- Daniel Gilbert
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Askamore, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Miss Sarah Reddy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wexford