School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Ráth na gCosarán, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Mrs Corish
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0872, Page 046
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- Poor Little Jimmy was small and slight,
His hands were thing and his face was white.
His back was bent since once luckless day
He fell from a height he had climbed a (?)
And care or skill could never restore [play
His youthful bloom or his beauty more(?)
It was hard for the child when he first came to know
He was stricken for life by so cruel a (?)
It was sad for the boy when in time he could see,
Little playmates and friends that were you(?) er can be,
Shoot up with a growth like twigs on a (tree)
And leave him below, a poor mishapen (?)
But brothers and sisters, neighbours and (?)
Loved poor Little Jimmy so slight and so small.(continues on next page)
