School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs Corish
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- Men of Wexford.i
Men of Wexford, halt not, pause not,
While you still have work to do,
Wipe away that burning plague spot
That too long has hung o'er you,
'Twas your shores were first invader,
By a Saxon band.
Wexford slept not then, nor dreaded,
To attack them on the strand.ii
'Twas our sires first bled for freedom,
'Twas their blood was last to flow;
And should our own country need them
We have hearts to face our foe,
Though they poured their blood like water,
Free on many a hard fought plain.
All this carnage, gore, and slaughtered,
But cemented Erin's chain.(continues on next page)
