School: Stracarne (roll number 16343)
- Location:
- Sragarn, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 413
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“In the last century there lived a man named Thomas Harvey he lived in the townland of Ohill in the parish of Mohill Co. Leitrim.”
(continued from previous page)Twas through the fields and to my heels. With yells and sqeulls they did me surround. With ey's like eagles and cries like beagles but they were not able to run me down.Or I been nairy brisk as a fairy.
I did not came for the dirty clan.
I gave them leg bale or els go to gale or perhaps to sail from my native land.
I gained my liberty throughout this country.
In spite of bigutary or tyrants laws.
I can dance and sing make the tavern's ring and a shillings speen with my country boys.There are four disorders yet on our borders/
Our patron Saint he forgot to kill.
They are cruel landlords like-wise informers the collar of Morbes and police-men.
- Collector
- Evelyn Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossdrumman, Co. Leitrim