School: Cormaddyduff
- Location:
- Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ní Ghiolla Sheanain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 317
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Song (continued)
“For sake of health I took a walk, last week at early dawn”
(continued from previous page)I'd like to sell my load,
For I got no refreshments since I left home you see,
And I'm tired out of travelling says the turf-man from Ardee. Your cart is wrecked and worn friend,
Your ass is very old,
It must be twenty Summers since the animal was foaled,
He was yoked when i was born in September '43,
And he cantered for the mid-wife says the turf-man from Ardee. The harness that is on his back was made by Tom Magee,
He's dead this four and forty years says says the turf man from Ardee.
The axle ne'r wants greasing save one year out of three,
Its a real old Carrick axle,
Says says the turf man from Ardee. A female voice I heard it then and I knew it very well,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Caffrey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan