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1. Mummers' Rhymes - Father Murphy's Rhyme (continued)

   

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   had bonny Tone obeyed.
   Just think of it Brave Irishman only thirty-five thousand men unarmed, untrainedm unofficered
   Against one hundred thousand thirty and ten disciplined well tried armed troops the veterans of many a battle fray, yet oft before these Shelmaliers I've see them run away
   Then say to me Erin is not free that slavery still reigns there.
   Ah no" pray heaven when I am dead no living man should done.
   SO until I've proved what man can do when to desperation driven
   No other power can boast that strain
   But only that of heaven.
   So my Irish boys I must conclude
   I've got no more to say
   I'll call upon our Captains bold for to commence the play

   

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   History Edit

   Date

   26 June 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Seán Dillon