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: