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1. A Song (continued)

   “Hi there old friend of mine to where are you driving that innocent swine”

   

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   So tis then I closed the bargain with the Thinker from Ardee.

   5. Next day I yoked the donkey and I brought him to the town,
   And passing by the factory the brute he did lie down,
   The factories gathered round and begun to laugh at me,
   "So there's goes Pat McCarthy's ass, The Tinker from Ardee".

   6. When I got home that night, sure it was very late,
   I brought the donkey out a must but the brute he would not eat.
   His mouth was full of chompers, I thought it very strange,
   And when I went to run him down, I found he had the mange.

   7. So I then went for Jack Minnock, just at break of day,
   Said Jack "We'll find that tinker he can't be far away.
   So we steered our course for Rahan till we came near Screggan Cross.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. filíocht
         1. filíocht na ndaoine (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Bracken

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Buaile na nDrisneach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí

   Informant

   Thomas Berry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cluain Sionnach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí