School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)
- Location:
- Cill Mobhí, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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“When I was poor and helpless...”
When I see the poor and helpless
Turned out of doors to die,
When I see poor little children
With no cover but the sky,
Then I cry with all my might.
These laws are not God Made.
Smite down such rites of poverty,
And call a spade, a spade.
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When I see the rack rented crofters
By glistening bayonets driven
From humble homes built on the soil
Their Father - God has given,
Then I cry with all my might
Those laws are not God made.
Crush these ducal rights of poverty,
And call a spade, a spade.III
When I see idle monopolists
In pomp and station grand
Gorged with the hard won earnings(continues on next page)