Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0154
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- The Drowning of the Revenue Men
This song was composed by Pat Byron a native of Ballindoor, about one hundred years ago.
I
You neighbours so witty, in town and in city
Attend to my ditty, the truth I'll explore
Its of an occourance, that lately has happened
Three Shoneen brim spriggers of the Revenue core.
II
It was on Tuesday morning, as day was a dawning
These villans well armed, about twenty four
Attacked poteen makers, likewise distressed craythurs
Who went on exile, into Inishmore
III
On Morgan's cabin, they committed great rapine
Himself they took captive his wife, and six more
But they did not think, that God would them sink
On that very day, coming from Inishmore
IV
On John Redingtons Barley, they seized on that morning
That never was malted the neighbours all know
And poor old Jack Kelly, they put on the [?]
Whose old hoary head, was as white as the snow(continues on next page)
