School: Cnoc Bríde (1)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 191
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A Song
“There is a tree of liberty...”
The following song was got by Margaret Gorman age – 13 from her mother Mrs. Gorman age – 45.A SongThere is a tree of liberty
That you may plainly see
It is nicely decorated all over
The white, the green, and on the top
A red rose that soon will fade away,
And the green will flourish over us,
When we are dead
And in the clay.Chorus
I don’t know what’s the reason why
The orange men hate the green.
For many a nicer colour boys
There never yet was seen.
The orange and blue, and purple too,
They all soon fade away.
But the green shall flourish over us
When we are dead and in the clay.I wish I was in Ireland
And kneeling at the Mass.
And in my hand a prayer book,
And on my breast a cross.
I would kneel before the altar
My saviour to adore.
I would die for my religion
As queen Mary done before.Chorus as before.
- Collector
- Margaret Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Mrs Gorman
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45