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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 446

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  1. An Old Song (continued)

    “One summers evening, where at my leisure”

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    Those low life coolies, that we call police,
    From Corraterriff they came with speed
    With anxious viewing and venomous spewing
    To prove my ruin & to vent their spleen.
    But with all their plotting and schemes allotting
    Thro, Drumhulligan bottoms I took my way
    When I was loading after exploding
    They pounded upon me like wolves of prey
    "Give up your arms, make no alarms"
    To seize my darling, it was their aim,
    With a voice of thunder, that made me wonder
    They cried "Surrender in the Queen's name"
    (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
    Mary T. Gilbane
    Gender
    Female