School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 368
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- My name is Jack Phildy
And for news I am bound
One evening after dinner
I strayed to Cormeen town
The Seargent of Moynalty
I met him on my way
Inquiring for Charles Dan
Who lately went astray
2.
Now for my information
My pen I take in hand
For to describe a pooching tribe
That dwell all in the land
For snearing and for pooching
I could them surpass
He often kept the councillor
At home from hearing Mass
3.
One of them McFinnegans
A lad who chiefed to light
In killing Felixe's rabbits
From morning until night
Until this unlucky evening
Had been both bright and clear
He went up to the Blackrock
Without either dread or fear(continues on next page)
