School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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The girls of our village,
Have a thousand things to fear,
Whilst every day they're tempted
By an Ogle and a tear:
We've here a Fay that's not a sprite
To love your sons and daughters,
And though you've got no Grand Canal
The goods come home by Waters.
IV.
The Masons here are cobblers,
And I'm certain you must own,
Not one of them in all their lives
Could dress or lay a stone:
Our people are so provident
They're sure to mind the Morrow,
And Philpot still will empty pots
To banish care and sorrow;
A Wildman with a Wiseman
To this town have often travelled,
And a Lane that ne'er was walked upon,
Nor ever yet was gravelled.
V.
And what's more strange, an urchin
That's as saucy as the devil,
By old and young, who know him well,
He's recognised as Civil: etc.
