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School: Coolfancy, Tinahely

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Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 014

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    Johnny Doran's Ball
    The men wore paper leggings
    And their dancing shoes were thin
    The floor was packed so tightly that
    There was little room to spin.
    At seven in the morning
    They all did start for home
    And in a great big snow drift
    They lost poor Jack Malone.
    When the fellow he got drifted
    He then began to shout
    O Jimmy come and help me
    For my leg I can't get out.
    So I'll finish up and say goodbye
    Hoping I haven't kept you long
    And hope that at the next big dance
    I'll have a better song.
    Kevin Rawson, Coolafancy, Tinahely
    Song composed by Mrs. Grimes, Kilcommon, Tinahely.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Rawson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolafancy, Co. Wicklow