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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 318

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  1. The Songs Our Fathers Sung - by A Drangan Boy

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    (I)
    Sing us the songs our fathers sung
    When Erin's sons were free,
    The harp upon her banner shone -
    Guard of her ministrelsy -
    And chieftans sat below her bards
    In rows of man and keep,
    While vassals crowded lordly halls
    And wassail bowls flowed deep.

    (II)
    They sang us not the "la - di - das"
    Our modern ballrooms know -
    The insipid themes our courtly dames
    Now lisp in gas-light glow;
    They (?) no lordly vices nor
    Plebian blades pass'd o'er,
    But smote the one, and th'other sung
    To music's richest store.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Teresa Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Magowry, Co. Tipperary