Susan Graham Pepper - The Rattlin’ Bog

6. The Rattlin’ Bog
(trad. from Seamus Ennis)

A rare bog, a rattlin’ bog and the bog down in the valley-o
A rare bog, a rattlin’ bog and the bog down in the valley-o

And in that bog there was a tree, a rare tree, a rattlin’ tree
And the tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o

A rare bog, a rattlin’ bog…

And on that tree, there was a limb, a rare limb, a rattlin’ limb
And the limb on the tree and the tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o

A rare bog, a rattlin’ bog…

And on that tree, there was a branch, twig, nest, bird, egg