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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 110

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    (continued from previous page)
    our brave boys did not fail.
    Till we showed the scum,
    We were the sons of poor old
    Granuaile.

    (6)
    If you were to see our Irish
    boys,
    When the balls began to fly,
    They did not discommode us,
    Sure they only passed us by,
    We fought them on courageously
    Of men we had but few,
    to see them fall,
    you would compare it,
    To the plain of Waterloo.

    (7)
    Fifty pounds upon the ground,
    They fired at our men,
    But fortune well had favoured
    us,
    They could not pierce our skin.
    At our night side we had a
    guide,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stradermot, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Tom Creamer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stradermot, Co. Leitrim