Spla-Foot Nancy
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"Spla-foot Nance." I remember just one verse:
bard, ridiculing a neighbour, a big bony ungainly girl, universally known as
There was a half-comic song to this air, composed in my own time by a local
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X:2271 T:Spla-Foot Nancy O:ireland B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs" H:There was a half-comic song to this air, composed in my own time by a local H:bard, ridiculing a neighbour, a big bony ungainly girl, universally known as H:"Spla-foot Nance." I remember just one verse: W:There was Spla-foot Nancy W:To try her chance, W: She took a notion of a man: W:She stood on her toes W:And says she: "Here goes; W: I'll cock my hat at Shaun MacCann." W:So Spla-foot Nance W:Began to dance W: And off to Shaun's little house she ran; W:But his mother rushed out W:With a terrible shout: W: "How daar you come coortin to Shaun MacCann" R:song L:1/8 M:6/8 K:G B/A/|\ G2 A B2 d|e2 d g2 f|efg d2 B|c2 A A2 B/A/| G2 A B2 d|e2 d g2 e|=f2dc2 A|A2 G G2||d| g2 f e2 d|e2 f gfe|d2 B c2 d|e2 A A2 B/A/| GAG BAB|def g2 e|=fef dcA|A2 G G2||
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