Killaloe (Teaching French in Killaloe)

DESCRIPTION: "Now I happened to be born just the time they cut the corn" near Killaloe when a "Frenchy m'sieu" came "To instruct us in the game of Parlez-vous." "You may talk about Descary, Napoleou Bonaparty"; the singer learned about it in Killaloe
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage humorous | learning French
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 64, "Now I happened to be born just the time they cut the corn" (1 text, of three verses with descriptions of others)
Roud #37091
File: KSUC064A

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