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.