School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)And ornament a butcher's block.A sad and mournful end enough,
I only hope she wont be tough.
A.O.E.B.
- The Shannon is a river, loved by every minor poet,
Though definitely many of these worthy scribes don't know it.
They wrote about her lovely banks, when she is calm and good
But not a word about her, when she's rushing down in flood.
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From Dowra down to Ballintra she tears her way along,
Lough Allen quickly overflows when Shannon's stream is strong.
So on she moves to Carrick, then to Jamestown on her way
To Rooskey where she loves to roll up meadows filled with hay.
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By this she's really angry; and Tarmonbarry Wall
Comes quickly, and she crosses it without a halt at all.
And growing larger every mile, with deep and fearful moan
She's tearing o'er the sluices near the old town of Athlone.
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It's many miles to Limerick, but she gets there good and fast,
A seething mass of anger, rushing, roaring to the last.(continues on next page)
