School: Sráid an Mhuilinn (B.) (roll number 14350)
- Location:
- Millstreet, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 329
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- M'anam a Dia, but here it comes
The train with the fourteen rifles
The engine is boarded by gallant men
Who do not stop at trifles
Ah my; sure isn't it grand it looks
With drunken Tommies bawling
And it fills with joy each rebel heart
To hear the whistles warning
(II)This one short hour pays lavishly back
For many a cold nights waiting
Full soon our guns will loudly crack
And leave the enemy wailing
Each man will mind his alloted post
All dread and danger scorning
And strike a blow at the Saxon foe
And show him our way of warring
(III)Ho! Ho! On the engines footplate stand
With pulses proudly beating
Two men who are keeping a sharp lookout
For the friendly signal greeting
And now they see the flashlamps glow
And give the driver warning
To stop the train at the proper spot
Or he would not see the morning(continues on next page)
