School: Scoil an Chlochair, Dún Bleisce (roll number 14625)
- Location:
- Doon, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Regis
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- (continued from previous page)One morning just after the milking,
A lorry drove down the boreen,
And the bailiffs and Gardai surrounded
That cow in her field fair and green.
But the cow she was calved on Kilmore's rocky crest
Where the wild winds sweep in from Tramore;
And the spirit of liberty lived in the breast
Of Mick Cassidy's cow from Kilmore.One glance round the home of her cowhood
One glance at Kilmore's rocky height;
And the spirit of liberty calling,
Convinced her the game was to fight
She would break through the cordon or perish
Horns lowered, then a rush and a roar,
The bailiff's are beaten, the Guards are retreating-
Hail, Cassidy's cow from Kilmore.She is safe in her home on the hilltop
But she comes at Mick Cassidy's call
And she hates "law and order" like poison,
And all the lads up in the Dail,
Little thanks she has got from the nation,
For the bouncing , fine calves that she bore;
And the price of a hide has punctured the pride
Of Mick Cassidy's cow from Kilmore.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Parkroe, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Pat Ryan
- Gender
- Male