Which Tomáisín Shéamuis Mac Rófhada is this? On the west coast of Ireland there are whole villages where everyone is called Tomáisín Shéamuis Mac Rófhada. As a matter of fact I once stopped to stroke a dog in the village of Baile na Mallaithe Lobhar Coilíneacht, which coincidentally translates into English as Blitherscrum, and asked the owner what the dog's name was. He said "Tomáisín Shéamuis Mac Rófhada". But 18.5 verse sean nós song are nothing new;

Some of the singers are dismal and dire
And they go on for far too long.
And you'd wanna be careful to avoid an earful
Of the man with the self composed song.
His whole life's tale he will bewail,
His tears down your ears he'll pour.
And he'll set it there to a hackneyed old air,
You've heard a thousand time before.