School: Urbal (roll number 13874)

Location:
Urbal, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Gerald Kelliher
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  1. Air:- "Maggie in the Wood"
    "Where rusheth forth those warlike men,
    With maidens fair across the glen,
    They remind me of olden times again,
    I'll answer you said Thady.
    See those teeming youths,
    Like the winding waves,
    In hot pursuit across the braes,
    The ladies all unhooked their stays
    to bottle up, Tom Brady.
    Then shout "hurrah" on every hill,
    And blow your horns loud and shrill,
    Yield! we never never will,
    Until we conquer Brady,
    An old man cried "Ah! Muire is thrua",
    When he heard his only cow to *lew.
    "Do you mind the day he seized on you
    And drove you off at leisure?"
    My parents lips, he parched them dry,
    My baby boy began to cry,
    Ah! What did he care
    Should we all die,
    The day he made the seizure,
    We fought for fame without a frown,
    And won it in Drumkeeran town,
    Where we knocked the Chief and Doonan down
    * lew for low
    (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
    Gearóid Ó Céileachair
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    Sylvester Mc Guire
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Urbal Barr, Co. Leitrim