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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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   Poem 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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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Owen Alf O' Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13