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1. Local Songs - Scotland's Not Raheg (continued)

   

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   His life as a drudge he spends He has no thoughts for King nor Thrones Nor for Parasites and Peers He's a mass of withered skin and bones Who is bent with toil and years The poorhouse van will hurry him off To die in a poorhouse ward He writhes with a weak consumptive cough Till death snaps the living Chord ' Am and Irishman and it makes me proud Though I had to tramp and beg It's against the law, it is not allowed But Scotland's not Raheg. Got from Mr Denis Brady Raheg Ballyhaise Townland of Rageg 1/2 mile from Ballyhaise Ms Denis Brady Raheg Ballyhaise. Townland of Raheg 1/2 mile from Ballyhaise

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2. Poem

   

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   Down came the wedding party gleefully
   Down by the shop where they bought all their needs as you will see
   Whiskey and porter by the bottle and barrell
   Pork, sausages, hams and bacon
   Till poor Tim had to tell them he could give them no more
   On to Teapot Row they flew
   Careless and heedless of mishaps and accidents too
   On past the smokey little houses

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