School: Drumcoghill
- Location:
- Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Iomaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 221
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- (continued from previous page)Duke: Oh no: you are too dirty,
Too dirty, too dirty-
Oh. no: you are too dirty
A ransom tansom ...... tee.Ring
We're just as clean as you are,
As you are - as you are,
We're just as clean as you are
A ransom ..... tee.Duke. Then you may come to my wedding
My wedding, my wedding,
Then you may come to my wedding,
A ransom -tansom ....tee.Those who were inside the ring, each choose a partner during the singing of the last verse.Those who were inside since verse 1 now join in the ring, and those who were chosen remain in the centre and go on again as before.
- Collector
- Mrs A. Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Corr, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- E. Harkness
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 21
- Address
- Drumkeeran, Co. Cavan
