School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)
- Location:
- Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0026
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An Old Song (continued)
“The night i rode with Sarsfield”
(continued from previous page)Though now my hair is white
That clustered black and curly
'Neath the troopers cap that night.
III
For I was one of Sarsfield's men,
In years though still a lad
For to be one of Sarsfield's men
What boy would not be glad.
IV
For Sarsfield choosed of all his men
The best and bravest men
To ride and raid the convoy camps
That brought in English guns
V
Silently we left the town,
And silently we rode,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Roxborough, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Sean Menihan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carheen, Co. Galway