“Tom Kelly's Cow”
Description
Tom Kelly brews poteen "that exceeds them all." John's cow drinks up the still and wakes drunk with a broken horn. She makes a deal with Tom: if he won't tell John about her drinking she "will bring [him] against Lammas a fine heifer calf."
Notes
Morton-Maguire: John Maguire wrote the song on request of the schoolmaster who had kept John after school one day to inquire about John's cow and Tom Kelly's poteen. - BS
Cross references
- cf. "The Cow that Drank the Poteen" (theme: cow hides drinking problem)
References
- Morton-Maguire 8, pp. 17,103,158, "Tom Kelly's Cow" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #2924
- BI, MoMa008