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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 410

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    (continued from previous page)
    You dressed her sons in scarlet red,
    And marched them to the field
    To face their savage enemies
    And for you they did bleed
    Her daughters fair you sent from here,
    To plough the raging main,
    Oh! cruel deceitful England
    We got reason to complain.
    iv
    Poor Ireland is heart-broken
    And she fell in deep despair
    She suffered with a famine
    I'm sure you heard it there,
    But, that's gone by, I can't deny
    I long to see the day
    That you'll be seen on Erin's green
    On the banks of sweet Lough Key.
    vi
    But strange to say that all
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Doireann Ní Bhrádaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Pat Skeffington
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon