School: Gortermone
- Location:
- Gortermone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs A. O' Reilly
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- (continued from previous page)It left a deal as well as he unable for to buy
The coat he had for every day and Sunday here to fore,
Was not only scuffed, but ragged, tired and tore,
One evening as he quit his work as daylight did expire,
He went home into his cot’ and sat beside the fire,
He pulled out his pipe, fingered it, and shook out the dust,
Immediately put on a coal and took a beggar's thrust,
And as he smoked to bother grief and strove to wear it by,
He used to spit out and give a heavy sigh,
He smoked away in silence, both pensive, sad and dull.
Until at last he rose a whil-a-loo like Eager's Wicklow bull,
His wife she started in surprise and asked what caused his pain,
And regarding his old coat, the tale he did explain
She told him rest content and not let his courage down.(continues on next page)
