School: Laragh (C.)
- Location:
- Larah, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Ghabhann
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“Changes have come over Glan's rugged face”
Verse 1
Changes have come over Glan's rugged face,
Changes that herald drear ruin and disgrace,
The weird note is sounded thro' mountains and glen,
Proclaiming the arrival of Emergency men.Verse11
Those men of emergency as they are named,
For everything wicked and loathsome are famed .
They're perjurers, bloodhounds, cravens, cowards who sell
Their souls to Old Nick for the wages of hell.Verse 111
The black-hearted miscreants falter and stink
Like vultures on carrion-their meat and their drink
Are the cries of the wretched when thrown out of doors
By rackrenting tyrants to pamper their(continues on next page)- Informant
- Fr O' Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cootehill, Co. Cavan