Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0165
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- Captains Rhyme.Attention pay kind friends; just listen
for awhile
Until you will hear the heroic deeds of
those sons of Erin's Isle.
Twelve patriots we represent who nobly
fought to right our country's wrong
We've an exile Saint a soldier priest
Valiant kings and warriors bold
and strong.
The first he is St Colmcille who
once provoked the state
Left Erin's shore, ne'er saw it more
for why he will relate.
And Brian Boru our valiant king
who crushed the haughty Danes
is here to tell how long and well o'er
Erin he did reign.
Art Mac Morough is the next of
Leinster sceptre sway
Who fought King Richard and his men
whose laws he ne'er obeyed.
Owen Roe O Neill no prince more grand(continues on next page)
