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School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)

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Mountrath, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 323

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  3. XML “The Holiday Dance”
  4. XML “Song by John Keegan”

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  1. The Holiday Dance (continued)

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  2. Song by John Keegan

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    You true sons of Erin, come now raise your voice,
    The day is our own we have cause to rejoice,
    For the "Sassanagh tyrants will soon have a fall.
    And peelers and proctors must go to the wall
    And its down with knavery
    And Saxons , and slavery
    Hurra, for the whitefeet and bold Captain Rock.
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    Too long had the cold hearted Saxons their way
    And the gay sun of Freedom in bigotry lay;
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