| Colcannon | Asonance

    1. Well did you ever make colcannon
       made with lovely pickled cream
       with the greens and scallions mingled
       like the picture in the dream?

    2. Did you ever make a hole on top
       to hold the meltin' flake
       of the creamy-flavoured butter
       that our mother used to make?

    R: Oh you did so you did
       so did he and so did I
       and the more I think about it sure
       the nearer I'm to cry
       oh weren't them the happy days
       when troubles we knew not
       and our mothers made colcannon
       in the little skillet pot.

    3. Well did you ever take potato cake
       and boxty to the school
       tucked underneath your oxter
       with your books your slate and rule?

    4. And when teacher wasn't lookin'
       sure a great big bite you'd take
       of the creamy-flavoured soft
       and meltin' sweet potato cake.
    R:

    5. Well did you ever go a-courtin' boys
       when the evenin' sun went down
       and the moon began apeepin'
       from behind the Hill o' down.

    6. Did you wandered down the boreen
       where the clarachen was seen
       and you whispered lovin' praises
       to your own dear sweet collean.
    R: