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School: Carrigans (B.)

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Carrigan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 078

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  1. Ballads (continued)

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  2. The Cow and the Piper

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    I
    In the year ninty eight I am sorry to state
    it was treason to be a Milesian.
    Our country was ate by a black bearded set
    though history tells us they were hessians
    In those troublesome times we had all sorts
    of crimes and murders never were riper.
    At the side of Glenreen [?] not one acre from me
    lived poor Denny Byrne the piper.
    II
    Neuither wedding nor wake was worth an old
    shake to which Denny was not invited.
    Emptying the bags and squeezing the he
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