School: Gleann
- Location:
- Glan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)Out from the town at once to go
And take the road to Barryroe
And for a time to settle down
Within or near Dunmanway town
They were, for so they understood,
To carry with them all they could
And as the law as yet proclaims
They were to put the rest in flames
Then if a German foe should come
He would indeed be stricken dumb
And say with lips both parched and [?]
"Tis Moscow on a tiny scale!"
It is indeed a doleful stroke
This threatened end by fire and smoke
If German legions grab you tight
Tis fair to say "It serves you right"
You often walked the streets about
And mocked the British soldiers' fate
Exposed to death and hardships great
Wild rumours flew about the town
When British battleships went down.
All local sailors whom you knew
You numbered in the doomed ship's crew
To sage advice, come, listen now,
Remove a frown from off each brow,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rita Newman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennatra, Co. Cork