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Thread #126390   Message #2807615
Posted By: Ray C
09-Jan-10 - 02:11 PM
Thread Name: How many miles to Dublin?
Subject: How many miles to Dublin?
My father, whose parents came from Skerries, would bounce babies on his knee while singing:
"Up jup little horse, up jup again
Many miles to Dublin
Three score and ten"

In Ulysses, James Joyce writes these words:
"How many miles to Dublin?
Three score and ten, sir.
Will we get there by candle light?"

Does anyone know the name of this song or anything about it?