Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)

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1. Standing for the Cause (By John O'Dowd M.P.) (continued)

   

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   At Gurteen brave, where Davitt gave a stroke to tyrant laws
   There I was seen with sash of green, defending the ould cause
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   When Sexton bould arose and tould King Harman he should go
   Because the pass he basely sould,
   then we sthruck the blow
   From Riverstown to Ardinaree we scattered them like straws
   Twas necessary do'nt you see, to smash them for the cause.
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   When base and bloody Balfour, he in hopes that I'd give in
   Unreasonably imprisoned me, I didn't care a pin.
   Nor sorra hair, me boys I care, they never framed a clause
   Nor yet an act that could me scare from standing for the cause
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   We're winning all along the line that cannot be denied,
   Then let us, one and all combine with courage faith and pride
   And press the fight, tis almost won, we'll soon have native laws.
   The stand together be as one defending the ould cause

   

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2. The Poetic Beggar-Man

   

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   There was at one time an old tramp named Terry the Grunter. He used to wander round those parts of the country often times, he lived principally on his wits, and he composed satires about people who did not please him. He happened

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   Date

   9 December 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Seamus Ó Gamhnáin