School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)

Location:
Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 165

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 165

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    It gives me much sorrow this tale to relate, About the disaster that happened so late, The rebels around me have got the wind up, And with the last year or so I haven't the life of a pup.

    Song: “It gives me much sorrow this tale to relate,
    About the disaster that happened so late,
    The rebels around me have got the wind up,
    And with the last year or so I haven't the life of a pup.
    The Araglen barracks were the first they attacked.
    They gagged Constable O'Malley and drove him right mad
    Shanley and "Snowball" at mass they had been
    And when they came home no gun could be seen
    They dismantled my car felled trees at my gate
    But the saddest of all I've yet to relate
    At half past eleven and I going to bed
    A rebel approached me those words to me said
    Your wife and your fair daughter
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Kenneally
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barnahown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    William Kenneally
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Barnahown, Co. Tipperary