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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gort Inse Guaire

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Gort, Co. Galway
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    They now pump from the river.
    8.
    In days when men knew how to toil,
    They would not sit and dream,
    When all in Gort used Parrafin Oil,
    and not the Shannon Scheme.
    9.
    When men lived happy and lived long,
    In what's now condemned, abodes,
    I bet they were twice as strong,
    When Gort had no Stream Rolled Roads.
    10.
    But a change has now come over all,
    We have Ganger and Wood Rangers.
    The natives must hold up the wall,
    For Gort is the home of the stranger.
    11.
    Gort welcomes numbers great and few,
    Its not like the dog in the manger,
    Gort is the home of the wandering Jew,
    Yes, Gort is the home of the stranger.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Leech
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gort, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Miss Mollie Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gort, Co. Galway