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School: An Clochar, Roscrea

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 117

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    Left my household broken-hearted and crying,
    Took an oath to be loyal to King England
    And the English army that day I did join,
    To fight for the rights of small nations,
    I swore to be loyal to the Crown,
    But when .. peace.. was restored to the world,
    We found we were sadly let down,
    So Ireland awake from your slumber,
    And shake off your shackles and chains,
    Pay no heed to your cursed oppressors,
    When they ask your re-
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    New Road, Co. Tipperary