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Brigid Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 045

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  1. Song - Jemmey of Grousehall (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    boldly to love castle rue
    He stroles both night and day
    He seized a goat just by the throat
    For want of better prey
    He would search your bed from foot to head
    Tick blanket Sheet and all
    Your wife undressed must leave her nest
    For Jemmy of Grousehall
    But thank God the day is not far away
    Not far away atall
    When Balfour pack will get the sack
    And Jemmy of Grousehall
    Let old and young cheer up their lungs
    And sing this little song
    About paddy jack the hackler
    It wont detain them long
    But while I live a prayer I will give
    For his down fall
    But when I die I wont deny
    Ill hunt him from Grousehall
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pottlebrack, Co. Cavan