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School: Corrdún

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Cartron, Co. Mayo
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Pádhraic Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 145

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    “You people of Ireland I hope youll draw near”

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    You people of Ireland I hope you'll draw near
    It's all of the great war that took place this year
    Between John Bull Kruger whose cannons do roar
    And thousands of soldiers are knocked by the Boer
    The Boers they are coming how daring how dear
    Such roaring of cannon you never did hear
    Since the days of Napoleon I'll tell you quite plain
    There was never such slaughter by land or by main
    If you were in Queenstown and stood on the quay
    Some fine handsome fellows you'd see going away
    Those handsome young fellows are leaving their home
    And every poor mother she misses her bun
    Farewell to Old Ireland we're now going away
    To fight those brave farmers in South Afrikay
    To fight those brave farmers we are not inclined
    Got be with you old Ireland men leaving behind
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Cassidy
    Address
    Charlestown, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Charlestown, Co. Mayo