School: Ballygunner (B.), Portláirge (roll number 619)
- Location:
- Ballygunnermore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Conchobhar Mac Giolla Phádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0653, Page 10
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A Song (continued)
“Lord Waterford is not gone, ¶ Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.”
(continued from previous page)III
But thank God we had a man
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.
Whom they couldn't bribe or ban
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.
O'Connell Showed the way.
When like men we stood at bay
To o'erthrow the Saxon Sway
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.IV
Oh! Irishmen beware
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.
'Tis another British snare
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.
They fooled us oft before
with promises go leor
But we always pay the score,
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.V
Are Beresford and his tribe
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.
The men on whom to lean
Says the Sean Bhean Bhoct.
In the Strife for Irish Right
'Gainst all the Saxon Might(continues on next page)