School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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  1. A Song (continued)

    This is a song that they made about long ago.

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    upon there backs and we will send them out to ropean to live out in Gleanvask. There is a few in l ___ that has better times than the rest Jimmíe Gaven Peter Reilly and hugh Grady from the west. If you look at those poor creatures you can tell they are not all the same of live in ___ and others in the west Mcdolen from the big brídgíe and Davit from Gleanceen those are the boys that did bring down all the straglers they ever saw.
    III
    Filly Gaven though he was all right when he was ordered to walk around.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridgie Browne
    Gender
    Female