Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0033
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- (continued from previous page)sound o' music reached his ear, an' he believed it came from the fort.
He listhened a while longer, in' sure enough there was music an' singin' an' it was goin' on in the fort. It grew louder an' louder every minnit, an' at lasht it swelled up into agrand chorous, an' the hunchback was so spellbound at the grandeour o' it all, is that he could hardly refrain himsel, from joinin' in.
However he' said he'd have patience, an' wait until the fairy choir id have finished (for he was sure it was a fairy choir, for no eartly wan was ever is good is it) So when the lasht notes o' their song was ended, he ruse on his voice himsel, an' the sweethesht day the thrush every sang, she couldn't howld acandle ta the way the hunchback sang that night.
Twas now the fairies turn to feel spellbound, (that it if they could feel that way) an' the hunchback hadn't the song finished, when he was lifted off his feet off the road, an' before he had time ta say 'ma' they had him within in the fort, an' him sittin beside the chief harper. They got into him, an' there wastne asong that ever he knew, but he hadn't ta sing for them, an' when he was goin' home in the mornin they tould him, that in repayment or his nights entertainment that they'd give him any(continues on next page)
