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School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 265

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  3. XML “The Land League near Ballinamore”
  4. XML “Percival's Mare”

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  1. The Land League near Ballinamore (continued)

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  2. Percival's Mare

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    ''Countrymen! dear countrymen! to you I now declare
    On St. Patrick's Night by the moonlight, I lost my darling more.
    You know it is a great loss to me, with that I must abide
    Oh! was it Captain Moonlight! or was not suicide:''
    The mare was sane I do declare, she never acted slack
    The captain must have rode her off, and will not bring her back
    Or do you think she's gone for good?
    Or it it is but a joke?
    If that be true I'll curse the day I grabbed the land in Stroke
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