School: Ballinamona
- Location:
- Ballynamona, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Michael Mc Keon
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One fine day in the month of May
When the bloom was on the trees
Father Comey came along in search of a hive of Bees.
He drove up to my avenue gate
and blew his horn loud
I thought it was a thunderbolt came right down from the clouds
He called out John will you come along and I'll take you for a drive
For I heard You were a judge of Bees and that you know the hives
II
I whipped a dish-cloth from the shelf to clear my face of dirt
A dikky then I hurried on of course I had no shirt.
My old waistcoat then I buttoned up, my old coat as black as tar
And soon I was beside him in his little Baby Car.
The petrol he let down you see the engine gave a roar.
The car she jumped up four feet high
I was groping for the door(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Ballynamona, Co. Cavan
