School: Arva (C.)
- Location:
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Govern
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0984, Page 092
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Arva (C.)
- XML Page 092
- XML “A Local Song”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
A Local Song (continued)
“Ye residents of Arva I pray ye lend an ear.”
(continued from previous page)Scott who'd given them a chance once more to light a fire for their brother Andy Vance
They drew their seats around it and in chorus loud did join.
To celebrate the marshal deed of Billie at the Boyne.
Then Johnny Scott waxed eloquent.
He said my gallant boys.
Poor Vance is harsely treated and it sorely me annoys.
Oh if the good old days of yore we only could bring back,
We'd quickly tame these rebels with the pitch-cap and the rack.
- Collector
- Imelda Mulligan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Farrangarve, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Mulligan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife