School: Guaire (Xtian Bros.) (roll number 12772)
- Location:
- Gorey, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: S. Murphy
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- Ballad of '98
Author - UnknownThe Boys of the Flail
Come over here, Shamus a-bouchal
And sit on your grandfather's knee
And Eily and Katie and Noreen
Come draw your chair's closer to me.
Away with your tasks and your lessons
I'm grey-haired but still I will hold
That the bright and sad tales of old Ireland are(continues on next page)