School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teachers: P. Dawson C. Mac an Ghirr
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Irish Songs
“I am an Irish labourer.”
I am an Irish labourer
Both hardy stout and strong
Tis idleness I never profess
That race I don't belong
I would like to toil and look for work
To preserve my life so dear.
But when I go to look for work
It's no Irish wanted here. Chorus:
You may think it a misfortune
To be christened Pat or Dan
But to me it is an honour
To be called an Irishman.
That we may live to see the day
It will come yet never fear
When ignorance gives away to sense
And you are wanted Irish here