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School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)

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Kilmovee, Co. Mayo
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Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0114, Page 87

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    “When I was poor and helpless...”

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    When I see the poor and helpless
    Turned out of doors to die,
    When I see poor little children
    With no cover but the sky,
    Then I cry with all my might.
    These laws are not God Made.
    Smite down such rites of poverty,
    And call a spade, a spade.
    II
    When I see the rack rented crofters
    By glistening bayonets driven
    From humble homes built on the soil
    Their Father - God has given,
    Then I cry with all my might
    Those laws are not God made.
    Crush these ducal rights of poverty,
    And call a spade, a spade.
    III
    When I see idle monopolists
    In pomp and station grand
    Gorged with the hard won earnings
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mamie Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rusheens West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rusheens West, Co. Mayo