School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)
- Location:
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 232
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- (continued from previous page)When George came in his heart did jump
To see McClure and Bell McBlunk
(w) George came up to give William a drag
O! stop stop said William, the water's in my tag.
Run boys. Etc,
IV
Indeed the row wasn't last on the page
We had Mary Ann Hegarty and Jamie Maguire
But we thought the world was at an end
When we heard the roars of Willie Glen
Run Boyz[sic], Etc,
V
With that the tide gave another gush
and swept (the) Biddy Harvey under the lush
When the tide did cease the wind got able
and it knocked down old Mc “Geever's” gable
Run boys, ect.
VI
When John McHugh (the flood) did see the flood
He began to make a battery of mud
But John, he made the ditch too straight(continues on next page)
