School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

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   “On a fine November's day the lorries left Macroom.”

   

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   On a fine November's day the lorries left Macroom The Black and Tans they never thought they were so near their doom. The rifles they were ready as the lorries came along, The warriors they were singing "Rule Britannia" was their song. II They said they would hunt the rebels and put the Irish down, And that was their intention when they started from the town; When they came along to Haremount Cross, the first salute they got, Was the bomb thrown in the lorry and the driver he was shot. III The cracking of the rifels and the bursting of the bombs, Was something like the fighting at the

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Barnadivane, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Patrick Lehane

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   49

   Address

   Deshure, Co. Cork