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This is also a very old song: ‘I wish I had a Kerry cow, a Kerry cow, a Kerry cow. I wish I had a Kerry cow, oh, I’d milk her in the morning!’ There are several verses which are sung during visits by wren boys on Saint Stephen’s Day (26 December).
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