“Poor Old Man (II)”
Description
The poor old man warns the Connors's from Kerry that they will rue stopping in Ross Town. He barricades his door [in "real life" that apparently led to a disaster for him].
Notes
Jim Carroll's notes to IRTravellers01: "According to the singer, this song refers to a fight that took place in the town of New Ross, Co Wexford, sometime in the nineteen-thirties, between two travelling families.... The song is a parody of 'An Sean Bhean Bhoct,' (The Poor Old Woman) [The Shan Van Voght]." - BS
Cross references
- cf. "The Shan Van Voght" (form, tune) and references there
Recordings
- "Pops" Johnny Connors, "Poor Old Man" (on IRTravellers01)
References
- Roud #2509
- BI, RcPoOMan