School: Kilbonane, Lios an Phúca (Beaufort) (roll number 5482)

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1. Amhrán (continued)

   “Those moonlighting heroes who of late made a raid ¶ Down at Castlefarm in John Curtaynes place”

   

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   Inside in the kitchen old Curtayne did fall.
   But for the damp ammunition they would stifle them all
   Which should be the fate of the Informer.

   There was Norah, and Lizzie, and Agnes all three
   Tumbling upstairs in the hell of a spree.
   That evening with Doran they drank in full glee,
   And little expected the slaughter.

   What a pity the lapdog of the Kenmares estate
   Was not caught in the trap, we would give him a taste,
   With bullets and powder we would send him in haste
   To hell from tormenting the farmer.

   The blood of the martyrs for vengeance did ball,
   'Twas ordered by heaven that Curtayne should fall,
   Sucess to the hero who gave him the ball
   And God prosper him over the water.

   Not forgetting Thady Sullivan who was shot through the head
   In the heavens above may his soul find a bed.
   And his sorrowing mother who is now nearly dead
   Lamenting the loss of her darling.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brighid Ní Gráda

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballymalis, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Dannie Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymalis, Co. Kerry