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School: Cnoc Breac

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M. Ó Maoldúin
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    “Oh then tell me Sergt. Dunphy, tell me why you hurry so ...”

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    V
    Now you be very cautious,
    When you make a rush
    For I will be in hiding
    Behind the gate-house bush
    VI
    We'll first disperse the meeting
    And then get up a case
    We'll summon them to Gorteen
    And bind them to the 'place'
    VII
    If you're not very cautious
    It will be an awful mess
    For we'll be made a laughing stock
    By the attorney & the Press
    VIII
    When the raid is over the
    The case I will prepose
    And give you full instructions
    As to how you are to swear
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway