School: Glassalts (roll number 1239)
- Location:
- Glasalt or Treanfasy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 116
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- (continued from previous page)From England I have sprung,
It;s many of my noble deeds and rights I have begun.
Ireland's right and England's wrong.
And who is the man who dare me me stand.
1st Speaker I'm the man who dare you stand
2nd " Who are you? - Only a stable boy
Who led you horse on oats and hay.
And After that he ran away.
1st " Stand back you black mahogany dog.
Or with my sword I'll make you die.
I'll "paste" your body full of holes
And make your bloody batons fly
[He now stabs Prince who falls to the ground]
Then he shouts:- Five pounds, ten pounds,
Any money at all for a doctor.
Enter Doctor Yes! Yes! Here comes me wee doctor Brown
The best we doctor in the town
1st Speaker What can you cure doctor?
Doctor "But I can cure"
1st Speaker But can you cure?
Doctor I can cure the plague within. The plague without the palsy, The flue, the "que" and the gout.
1st SPeaker How far have you travelled doctor?
Doctor I have travelled America, and new South Wales
And on my journey home I met Tom Fools
With nine and a half yards of his tongue out(continues on next page)
