Irish Song (Oh, Go to Old Ireland)

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, go to old Ireland and there you will know How many it takes to milk an old ewe, It's two to her head and two to her hams...." The houses there are full of fleas "big enough for to crack corn." So "Pull down your cap, Paddy... And wish you were dead"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong)
KEYWORDS: food work Ireland bug animal
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 251-252, "Irish Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4838
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Irish Washerwoman" (tune and meter)
cf. "Irishman's Shanty" (tune, subject)
cf. "The Railroad Corral" (tune and references for the "Irish Washerwoman" tune)
NOTES [27 words]: Steve Roud lumps this with "Irishman's Shanty," with which it shares both tune and theme, but there don't seem to be any words in common, so I've split them. - RBW
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