School: Clonrye
- Location:
- Clonrye, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Mearáin
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Local Songs (continued)
“These local songs were allocated by Una Mc Caffrey.”
(continued from previous page):Local Songs:IIt being in October eighteen hundred and sixty three
We had some recreation in our own country.
We had some recreation and I hear the people say
We hunted from Newtown near on to Lisnashea
Fol the de, de, to my right fol the de.IIWe hunted round the country not a man was to say ill.
Until one rascal Donegan came out our dogs to kill
The father he came out with the gun in his hand.
And he swore that he would shoot our dogs.
If we would not clear off the land.
Fol the de, de, to my right fol the de.IIIHis five sons came out and that with out fail
One of them had a pitch fork the other had a flail
Say "Father, dear Father will will soon let them know
Its off our land they quickly must go.
Fol the de, de, to y right fol the de.IVUp stepped a bold undaunted youth and hit him in the ear.
If you were to hear how loudly our sportsmen they did cheer
If you had been there you'd have laughed at the fun
To see how quickly the thrashing it begun.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Una Mc Caffrey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumgramph, Co. Fermanagh