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    Saying o father dear father.
    For ever farewell.
    They'll send you both
    Body and soul down to hell.
    III
    He (his son) sat into his car,
    And he made for Listowel
    On he going through the town
    He began to roar,
    O Sergeant dear Sergeant
    My father is dead
    And inside in his body
    There are four balls of lead".
    IV
    The Sergeant he jumped,
    He was like a hound
    Saying get ready me boys
    Till we make for the ground
    For some one will suffer
    You now may depend
    (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)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kirby
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry