School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs Corish
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0872, Page 047
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- (continued from previous page)Bright little girls, soft hearted and kind
Getting anything good would bear Jimmy in
Give him shares of their sweets, of their fruits and their flowers
Give him all their new toys and not ask them for hours
And often the boys that were hearty and strong
Took him up on their backs and would bear him along
To some spot on the road side or seat in the glade
Where he might look on at the games they played
And if ever he ventured to join in their fun
They handed him tenderly, every one
For it touched their hearts with a thrill of delight
To give joy to poor Jimmy, so small and so slight
But time for play is not long to last
And careless years fly rapidly past;
And poor men's children must soon begin
The toils of this world of cares and sin.(continues on next page)
