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School: An Bháinseach (C.) (roll number 11965)

Location:
Bansha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mheiscill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0575, Page 097

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  1. The Peeler and the Goat (continued)

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    Goat :
    This parish and this neighbourhood,
    Are peaceful, quiet, and tranquil O.
    There's no disturbance here, thank God,
    And may it long continue so,
    Your oath I don't regard a pin,
    To sign for my committal, O,
    For my jury will be gentlemen,
    To [sign] grant me an acquittal O."
    Peeler : "I'll soon chastise your impudence,
    And insolent behaviour O,
    Well bound to Cashel you'll be sent,
    Where you will find no favour O.
    Impartial Billy Purefoy,
    Will sign your condemnation O,
    And thence to Cork you will be sent,
    For speedy transportation O."
    Goat : "The Penal Laws I ne'er transgressed,
    By deed or combination O.
    I have no fixed place of abode,
    Nor certain habitation O.
    Bansha is my dwelling place,
    Where I was bred and born O,
    Descended from an honest race,
    Therefore your threats I scorn O,
    (continues on next page)
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