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1. The Battle of Shercock (continued)

   

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   Those infernal core, they were all dyed in blood.
   As the army came round them, they were stripping the dead,
   But brave Mr Caffery, put them all to flight,
   That their intention on their country proved fruitless that night.

   The burning of Ballina, I remember it well,
   And the rest of the brethern, the story can tell,
   We took from the Papish a very great store,
   Of shop cloth, and cattle, and money galore.

   Though some of those heroes, in Cavan did lie,
   At the "partial bar" where the all were set free,
   But the "Great bar of Justice", they have yet to stand,
   Where their perjured jury, will have no command,

   So now to conclude, and what needs I then talk,
   They comitted this murder, to adorn their Orange walk,
   But the time is approaching, when they'll all march to hell,
   Headed by Ben Jones, and that serpent Caldwell.

   

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Vera Cassidy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Shercock, Co. Cavan