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School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)

Location:
Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 454

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    “This poem was made by an old railway ganger. When the Donegal railway was being made.”

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    This poem was made by an old railway ganger, when the Donegal railway was being made.
    I
    Its of a fearless railway man,
    The truth I must pen down.
    His name was Miley Synnod.
    He closed with forty pound.
    II
    It being on a Monday morning,
    I never will forget.
    When sixteen railway labourers,
    Marched up to Miley’s hut.
    III
    Saying Miley you have the money,
    The truth you can’t deny.
    You’ve left the men that earned it,
    Sore all for to weep and cry.
    IV
    O we’ll have him arrested,
    In irons firmly bound.
    And conveyed into Sligo gaol,
    All for these forty pounds.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edith Kerr
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Bridgetown, Co. Donegal